The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases

During humanitarian crises millions of people struggle to manage a range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally.

Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, Somalia and Sudan may vary in nature and scale but they all share population displacement, the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of supply chains and services.