Cancer care interventions for forcibly displaced populations in low- and middle-income countries of the Middle East and North African region affected by humanitarian crises: Protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this scoping review is to describe and assess what cancer treatment interventions exist for forcibly displaced populations living with cancer in LMIC humanitarian settings in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region and what research has been done on these interventions.

Background

Humanitarian aid usually provides short-term requirements for food, shelter, and trauma relief; long-term relief focuses mainly on communicable diseases and not non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer. However, no systematic search and synthesis resource of existing cancer care interventions for forcibly displaced populations in LMICs of the MENA region exists.

Inclusion criteria

Original studies will be included on interventions for all types of cance

SUBMITTER: Havlik AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360602 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature