Improving Healthcare at the Intersection of Gender and Protracted Displacement amongst Somali and Congolese Refugees and Internally Displaced People, 2020-2024

The study aimed to acquire the following aims:
1) To support the right to healthcare and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in contexts of protracted displacement and vulnerability (SDG3).
2) To improve gender equality in the context of gendered access to healthcare services (SDG5).

The main objectives were:
1) To identify and analyse current policy processes that respond to the health needs of forcibly displaced people and
thereby identify existing models for integrating those populations into health systems that could be made applicable to our
various protracted displacement contexts.
2) To identify key neglected chronic mental health conditions (and comorbid chronic physical health conditions) associated
with protracted displacement, conflict, and gendered violence.
3) To map the types and locations of healthcare providers that displaced people turn to for treatment for chronic mental
health conditions (and comorbid physical health conditions).
4) To document how gender and other factors influence health seeking by displaced people for physical and mental health
conditions associated with displacement, conflict and violence.

The research questions were:
1) What existing models for integrating displaced people into national healthcare systems could be applied in our protracted displacement contexts?
2) What mental health chronic conditions (and comorbid physical conditions) associated with displacement, violence, and gendered conflict are currently neglected in our field sites?
3) What types of healthcare providers do displaced people turn to for treatment for mental (and physical) ill-health conditions associated with displacement, conflict and violence?
4) How do gender and other factors influence whether and when displaced people seek treatment for mental and physical health conditions associated with conflict and violence?