... purposes) Conflict and HealthOpen AccessDebatePublic health, conflict and human rights: toward a collaborative research agendaOskar NT Thoms1 and James Ron*2Address: 1Independent research consultant, ... global policy debates, and their research and advocacy is often considered "state of the art." To illustratethe value-added of collaborative research, we criticallysurvey a small and ... widespreadparticular violations may be, and when trend data areavailable, researchers can correlate health outcomes withkey political, legal, or military events.NGO conflict analysis and human rights monitoringDespite...