Series authors discuss a new 4-part Series of papers published in the Lancet that aim to improve understanding of and address the special requirements of providing sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition services in conflict settings. The Series draws upon scholarship from the BRANCH Consortium, providing insights into the nature and dynamics of women’s and children’s health and nutrition in diverse conflict contexts globally. The Series papers articulate a way forward to fill immediate evidence and guidance gaps as well as longer term action to ensure the most effective humanitarian health response for conflict-affected women and children. A diverse panel of experts and frontline workers share ideas on how to advance health sector interventions for women and children in conflict settings.

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The Series includes:

Executive Summary

Paper 1 - The political and security dimensions of the humanitarian health response to violent conflict

Paper 2 - The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children

Paper 3 - Delivering health interventions to women, children, and adolescents in conflict settings: what have we learned from ten country case studies?

Paper 4 - Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in different conflict contexts: a framework for decision making on what, when, and how

Comment 1 - Doing better for women and children in armed conflict settings

Comment 2 - A commitment to support the world’s most vulnerable women, children, and adolescents

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Access the full Lancet Series on women’s and children’s health in conflict settings here.

Access the full agenda, including speaker bios, here.