title: Public Health Crisis in War and Conflict - Health Security in Aggregate.
abstract: Public health status of populations is multifactorial and besides other factors it is linked to war and conflict. Public health crisis can erupt when states go to war or are invaded; health security may be reduced for affected populations.
  
  
  
  This study reviews in aggregate multiple indices of human security, human development and legitimacy of the state in order to describe a predictable global health portrait.
  
  
  
  Paradigm shift of large global powers to that non-state actors and proxies impact regional influence through scaled conflict and present major global health challenges for policy makers. Small scale conflict with large scale violence threatens health security for at-risk populations.
  
  
  
  The paper concludes that health security is directly proportional to state security.
authors.affiliation: Prague Centre for Global Health, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.|Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zelený
authors.affiliation: Prague Centre for Global Health, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Rammika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bencko
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011634:Public Health; D011640:Public Policy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012637:Security Measures; D012931:Social Environment; D014857:Warfare
keywords: fragile and failed states; global health; health security; infectious disease; non-communicable disease; public health