Characteristics of included literature (n=81)
| Study and population characteristics | n |
| Geographic region* | |
| East Asia and Pacific | 4 |
| Europe and Central Asia | 10 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 1 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 27 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9 |
| South Asia | 32 |
| Publication type | |
| Non-research report | 5 |
| Observational study | 76 |
| Quasiexperimental study | 0 |
| Randomised controlled trial | 0 |
| Target population type | |
| All/general population | 68 |
| Children and adolescents | 13 |
| Displacement status of beneficiary population* | |
| Refugees | 7 |
| IDPs | 4 |
| Non-displaced | 40 |
| Returning refugees | 2 |
| Host | 1 |
| Unreported | 30 |
| Intervention delivery characteristics* | |
| Delivery platform* | |
| Existing health system | 40 |
| NGO/UN agencies | 24 |
| Military based | 27 |
| Research based | 3 |
| Intervention stage* | |
| Prehospital/triage/non-surgical management | 56 |
| Surgical management | 76 |
| Rehabilitation | 19 |
| Training/education | 2 |
| Mechanism of injury* | |
| Explosive devices and remnants of war | 73 |
| High-velocity/high-energy weapons/firearms | 53 |
| Burn injuries | 13 |
| Blunt trauma | 11 |
| Crush injuries | 3 |
*Publications may be in more than one category.
IDP, internally displaced population; NGO, non-governmental organisation; UN, United Nations.