Publications
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| Year | Authors | Title | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aula Abbara, Munzer Alkhalil, Kinan Wihba, Omer Abdrabbuh, Diana Rayes, Andrew Ghobrial, Manar Marzouk, Fadi Halabi , Mahmoud Hariri, Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the eastern mediterranean and European regions | Abbara, Aula & Alkhalil, Munzer & Wihba, Kinan & Abdrabbuh, Omer & Rayes, Diana & Ghobrial, Andrew & Marzouk, Manar & Halabi, Fadi & Hariri, Mahmoud & Ekzayez, Abdulkarim. (2025). Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the eastern mediterranean and European regions. Journal of Migration and Health. 11. 100298. 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100298. |
| 2024 | Munzer Alkhalil, Rim Turkmani, Mazen Gharibah, Preeti Patel & Zaki Mehchy | Capturing sources of health system legitimacy in fragmented conflict zones under different governance models: a case study of northwest Syria | Alkhalil, M., Turkmani, R., Gharibah, M. et al. Capturing sources of health system legitimacy in fragmented conflict zones under different governance models: a case study of northwest Syria. Global Health 20, 71 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01074-4 |
| 2024 | Mohamed Alaa Ahmado, Muaaz Alghajar, Amina Olabi, Kristen Meagher, Preeti Patel & Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Infection prevention and control in conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria: A cross-sectional study | Alaa Ahmado, M., Alghajar, M., Olabi, et al. Infection prevention and control in conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria: A cross-sectional study. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100412 |
| 2024 | Reem Ladadwa, Mahmoud Hariri, Muhammed Mansur Alatras, Yasir Elferruh, Abdulhakim Ramadan, Mahmoud Dowah, Yahya Mohammad Bawaneh, Wassel Aljerk, Preeti Patel, Abdulkarim Ekzayez & Nassim El Achi | Health information management systems and practices in conflict-affected settings: the case of northwest Syria | Ladadwa, R., Hariri, M., Alatras, M.M. et al. Health information management systems and practices in conflict-affected settings: the case of northwest Syria. Global Health 20, 45 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01052-w |
| 2024 | Salma Almidani, Mohammad Abo Hilal, Marwa Alghadban, Omama Abou Helal, Manal Alkourdi, Juman Kannan, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Preeti Patel and Nassim El Achi | Demographics and risk factors for suicide in Syria: A retrospective media content analysis of online news sources | Almidani S, Abo Hilal M, Alghadban M, et al. Demographics and risk factors for suicide in Syria: A retrospective media content analysis of online news sources. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. 2024;11:e50. doi:10.1017/gmh.2024.47 |
| 2023 | Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Munzer Alkhalil, Preeti Patel and Gemma Bowsher | Inoculating Cities, Volume II: Case Studies of the Urban Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Chapter 4: Pandemic governance and community mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria | Ekzayez, A., Alkhalil, M., Patel, P., Bowsher, G. Pandemic governance and community mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18701-8.00006-0 |
| 2023 | Yamama Bdaiwi, Ammar Sabouni, Preeti Patel, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Safwan Alchalati, Omer Abdrabbuh, Aula Abbara, Margaret Glogowska | Impact of armed conflict on health professionals’ education and training in Syria: a systematic review | Bdaiwi Y., Sabouni A., Patel P, et al. Impact of armed conflict on health professionals’ education and training in Syria: a systematic reviewBMJ Open 2023;13:e064851. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064851 |
| 2023 | Maher Alaref, Orwa Al-Abdullah, Zedoun Alzoubi, Munzer Alkhalil, Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Health system governance assessment in protracted crisis settings: Northwest Syria | Alaref, M., Al-Abdulla, O., Al Zoubi, Z. et al. Health system governance assessment in protracted crisis settings: Northwest Syria. Health Res Policy Sys 21, 88 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01042-1 |
| 2023 | Munzer Alkhalil, Maher Alaref, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Hala Mkhallalati, Nassim El Achi, Zedoun Alzoubi, Fouad Fouad, Muhammed Mansur Alatraş, Abdulhakim Ramadan, Sumit Mazumdar, Josephine Borghi & Preeti Patel | Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis - Key Findings in Arabic | Alkhalil. M., Alaref, M., Ekzayez, A. et al. Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis |
| 2023 | Ahmad Habboush, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Brynne Gilmore | A framework for community health worker optimisation in conflict settings: prerequisites and possibilities from Northwest Syria | Habboush, A., Ekzayez, A., Gilmore, B. A framework for community health worker optimisation in conflict settings: prerequisites and possibilities from Northwest Syria (2023) https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/7/e011837?rss=1 |
| 2023 | Yamama Bdaiwi,Safwan Alchalati,Ammar Sabouni,Munzer Al-Khalil,Omer Abdrabbuh, Ahmad Kejah,Abdulhadi Shaban,Mohammad Almousa,Hasan Almarei,Abdalhakem Haj Asaad,Abdulhaseb Alkdro,Mohammed Almoayyad,Omar Waled Habboush,Preeti Patel,Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Medical education system (re)building in a fragile setting: Northwest Syria as a case study | Bdaiwai, Y., Alchalati, S., Sabouni, A. et al. Medical education system (re)building in a fragile setting: Northwest Syria as a case study (2023). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001340 |
| 2023 | Kristen Meagher, Mouna Khaity, Sali Hafez, Nassim El Achi | Strengthening health systems and peacebuilding through women’s leadership: a qualitative study | Meagher, K., Khaity, M., Hafez, S. et al. Strengthening health systems and peacebuilding through women’s leadership: a qualitative study. Global Health 19, 21 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00920-1 |
| 2023 | Samer Jabbour, Aula Abbara, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Fouad M Fouad, Mohamad Katoub, Rabie Nasser | The catastrophic response to the earthquake in Syria: the need for corrective actions and accountability | Jabbour, S., Abbara, A. et al. The catastrophic response to the earthquake in Syria: the need for corrective actions and accountability (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00440-3 |
| 2023 | Munzer Alkhalil, Mohamed Katoub, Diana Rayes, Naser Almhawish, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Aula Abbara | Health and humanitarian response after the earthquakes in northern Syria: challenges and recommendations | Alkhalil, M., Katoub, M., Rayes, D., Almhawish, N., Ekzayez, A., Abbara, A. (2023) Health and humanitarian response after the earthquakes in northern Syria: challenges and recommendations |
| 2023 | Ruby Tabor, Naser Almhawish, Ibrahim Aladhan, Maia Tarnas, Richard Sullivan, Nabil Karah, Mark Zeitoun, Ruwan Ratnayake & Aula Abbara | Disruption to water supply and waterborne communicable diseases in northeast Syria: a spatiotemporal analysis | Tabor, R., Almhawish, N., Aladhan, I. et al. Disruption to water supply and waterborne communicable diseases in northeast Syria: a spatiotemporal analysis. Confl Health 17, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-023-00502-3 |
| 2023 | Munzer Alkhalil, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Diana Rayes, Aula Abbara | Inequitable access to aid after the devastating earthquake in Syria | Alkhalil, M., Ekzayez, A., Rayes D., & Abbara, A. (2023). Inequitable access to aid after the devastating earthquake in Syria. |
| 2022 | Munzer Alkhalil, Maher Alaref, Hala Mkhallalati, Zedoun Alzoubi & Abdulkarim Ekzayez | An analysis of humanitarian and health aid alignment over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict | Alkhalil, M., Alaref, M., Mkhallalati, H., Alzoubi, Z., & Ekzayez, A. (2022). An analysis of humanitarian and health aid alignment over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict. Conflict And Health, 16(1). doi: 10.1186/s13031-022-00495-5 |
| 2022 | Kristen Meagher, Hala Mkhallalati, Nassim El Achi, Preeti Patel | A missing piece in the Health for Peace agenda: gender diverse leadership and governance | Meagher, K., Mkhallalati H, Achi N, Patel P (October 2022) A missing piece in the Health for Peace agenda: gender diverse leadership and governance Power dynamics and health initiative design as determinants of peacebuilding: a case study of the Syrian conflict |
| 2022 | Majd AlGhatrif, Mohammad Darwish, Zedoun Alzoubi, Yusra Ribhi Shawar | Power dynamics and health initiative design as determinants of peacebuilding: a case study of the Syrian conflict | AlGhatrif M, Darwish M, Alzoubi Z, Ribhi Shawar Y (October 2022) Power dynamics and health initiative design as determinants of peacebuilding: a case study of the Syrian conflict |
| 2022 | Kristen Meagher, Mariana Rodo, Mouna Khaity, and Sali Hafez. | An untapped potential: Women’s leadership in health in conflict and peacebuilding | Meagher, K., Rodo, M., Khaity, M., Hafez, S. (May 2022) An untapped potential: Women’s leadership in health in conflict and peacebuilding, Research for Health Systems Strengthening in Northwest Syria (R4HSSS). |
| 2022 | Aula Abbara, Diana Rayez, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Samer Jabbour, Manar Marzouk, Houssam Alnahhas, Sara Basha, Zahed Katurji, Richard Sullivan, Fouad M.Fouad | The health of internally displaced people in Syria: are current systems fit for purpose? | Abbara A, Rayes D, Ekzayez A, Jabbour S, Marzouk M, Alnahhas H, Basha S, Katurji Z, Sullivan R, Fouad FM, (2022) The health of internally displaced people in Syria: are current systems fit for purpose?, Journal of Migration and Health, 2022,100126, ISSN 2666-6235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100126. |
| 2022 | Ronja Kitlope Baatz, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Kristen Meagher, Gemma Bowsher, Preeti Patel | Cross-border strategies for access to healthcare in violent conflict – A scoping review | Baatz Kitlope R, Ekzayez A, Meagher K, Bowsher G, Patel P (2022) Cross-border strategies for access to healthcare in violent conflict – a scoping review, Journal of Migration and Health. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100093. |
| 2021 | Kristen Meagher, Nassim El Achi, Gemma Bowsher, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Preeti Patel | Exploring the role of City Networks in supporting urban resilience to COVID-19 in conflict-affected settings | Meagher K, Achi N, Bowsher G, Ekzayez A, & Patel P (2021). Exploring the role of City Networks in supporting urban resilience to COVID-19 in conflict-affected settings. Open Health, 2(1), 1-20. doi: 10.1515/openhe-2021-0001. |
| 2021 | Aula Abbara, Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Healthcare leadership in Syria during armed conflict and the pandemic | Abbara A, Ekzayez A, Healthcare leadership in Syria during armed conflict and the pandemic. BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e005697. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2021-005697 |
| 2021 | Kristen Meagher, Bothaina Attal, Preeti Patel | Exploring the role of gender and women in the political economy of health in armed conflict: a narrative review | Meagher K, Attal B, Patel P, Exploring the role of gender and women in the political economy of health in armed conflict: a narrative review. Global Health 17, 88 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00738-9 |
| 2021 | Kristen Meagher, Aula Abbara, Ola Fahham, Preeti Patel | Women leaders in Syria in the COVID-19 response and beyond. | Meagher K, Abbara A, Fahham, O, Patel P, (2021) Women leaders in Syria in the COVID-19 response and beyond. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 10(2), 122–125. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000012 |
| 2021 | Ammar Sabouni, Abdulkarim Ekzayez | The challenges of medical relief and health governance in warzones: Syria as a case study | Sabouni A, Ekzayez A, https://jbima.com/article/the-challenges-of-medical-relief-and-health-governance-in-warzones-syria-as-a-case-study/vol7-No3 April2021 |
| 2021 | Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Attacks on healthcare in the Syrian conflict: Drawing lessons from Syria to improve global reporting systems | Ekzayez A, Attacks on healthcare in the Syrian conflict https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/2021-11-23-attacks-on-healthcare-in-syria-ekzayez.pdf |
| 2021 | Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Yasser Alhaj Ahmad, Hasan Alhaleb, Francesco Checchi | The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study | Ekzayez A, Alhaj Ahmad Y, Alhaleb H. et al, The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study. Confl Health 15, 91 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00429-7 |
| 2021 | Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Amina Olabi, Yazan Douedari, Kristen Meagher, Gemma Bowsher, Bashar Farhat, Preeti Patel | Health research in the Syrian conflict: opportunities for equitable and multidisciplinary collaboration | Ekzayez, A., Olabi, A., Douedari, Y., et al. (2021). Health research in the Syrian conflict: opportunities for equitable and multidisciplinary collaboration. Journal Of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab160 |
| 2023 | Orwa Al-Abdulla, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Agneta Kallström, Camilo Valderrama, Maher Alaref & Jussi Kauhanen | Health system recovery in Northwest Syria–challenges and operationalization | Al-Abdulla, O., Ekzayez, A., Kallström, A., et al. (2023). Health system recovery in Northwest Syria–challenges and operationalization |
| 2020 | Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Munzer al-Khalil, Mohamad Jasiem, Raed Al Saleh, Zedoun Alzoubi, Kristen Meagher, Preeti Patel | COVID-19 response in northwest Syria: innovation and community engagement in a complex conflict | Ekzayez, A., Alkhalil, M., Jasiem, M., et al. (2020). COVID-19 response in northwest Syria: innovation and community engagement in a complex conflict |