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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4267</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.132402</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Challenges of Healthcare Provision in the Conflict Zone of the __ampersandsignlsquo;Red Corridor__ampersandsignrsquo; in India&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ansuman</surname><given-names>Swain</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Sumit</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>13</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>10</fpage><lpage>13</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: India faces numerous internal conflicts with the Naxalite insurgency being one of them. Since the onset of the Maoist insurgency in the country in 1967, the Naxalite activities have impeded the healthcare provision in those regions. With a perennial scarcity of healthcare infrastructure, personnel as well as security, the healthcare system takes a toll. Consequently, the state of healthcare in these regions is dismal. Aim: This paper aims to explore the challenges of healthcare provision in the conflict-affected regions of India. Methodology: Published literature was reviewed from Pubmed, Scopus, and Google scholar to look for reports on healthcare in conflict zones of India. The search phrases were Conflict zone in India, healthcare in the Red corridor region, Naxalite and Maoist insurgency. Selected studies were reviewed for evidence to support this narrative review. Results: Due to the lack of availability of essential facilities for subsistence, healthcare workers are often unwilling to work in the __ampersandsignlsquo;Red Corridor__ampersandsignrsquo; region of the country despite the provision of attractive packages by the government. The consequences of the shortage of healthcare facilities are reflected as poor health and well-being of the natives of these areas. Conclusion: As the healthcare sector is dependent on many other, holistic measures need to be taken to scale up the healthcare provision in these conflict zones of the country.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Conflict zone</kwd><kwd> Healthcare provision</kwd><kwd> Maoist</kwd><kwd> Naxalite</kwd><kwd> Red Corridor</kwd><kwd> Health infrastructure</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
