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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 OCT- DEC 2025

EDITORIAL

Social determinants of health, conflict and displacement: health system responses and continuity of care

Dr Richa Mahajan

Armed conflict and forced displacement are not only humanitarian crises, but they are profound public health emergencies shaped by, and in turn reshaping the social determinants of health. Poverty, disrupted education, food insecurity, unsafe housing, gender inequities, and weakened governance interact powerfully with violence to erode health outcomes across generations. As conflicts become increasingly protracted and urban, and displacement more prolonged, the central challenge for health systems is no longer limited to emergency trauma care. It is the preservation of continuity of care and equity in access amid instability, mobility, and social fragmentation.

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