Health service resilience in Yobe state, Nigeria in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency

This is a systems dynamics analysis using group model building

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 5 October 2015

• Country: Nigeria
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• Authors: Ager, A.K., Lembani, M, Mohammed, A, Ashir, GA, Abddulwahab, A, de Pinho, H, Delobelle, P, Zarowsky, C

Abstract

Yobe State has faced severe disruption of its health service as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. A systems dynamics analysis was conducted to identify key pathways of threat to provision and emerging pathways of response and adaptation.

This research is funded under the Department for International Development’s REBUILD Programme which is led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Citation

Alastair K. Ager, Martina Lembani, Abdulaziz Mohammed, Garba Mohammed Ashir, Ahmad Abdulwahab, Helen de Pinho, Peter Delobelle, Christina Zarowsky. Health service resilience in Yobe state, Nigeria in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency: a systems dynamics analysis using group model building. Conflict and Health. 2015; 9: 30 doi: 10.1186/s13031-015-0056-3

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Health service resilience in Yobe state, Nigeria in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency: a systems dynamics analysis using group model building

Published 5 October 2015