Wu Zeng, Eva Jarawan, Yara Halasa-Rappel 

Funder: Columbia University with funding from the World Bank

Displaced persons and host populations in fragile, conflict and violence settings are often inadequately served by equally fragile and dysfunctional health systems.  This study examined the health challenges that arise in protracted displacement crises, and the opportunities and strategies by which to build and finance more resilient health systems that can respond comprehensively and effectively to the needs of displaced populations alongside those of host communities in Jordan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Colombia. 

The project has produced a series of reports for the World Bank and UNHCR:

• World Bank Consortium: The Big Questions in Forced Displacement and Health

• Bangladesh Country Report

• Colombia Country Report

• Democratic Republic of the Congo Country Report

• Jordan Country Report