Abstract
The weaknesses of healthcare systems have been sharply revealed amid the instability of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflicts across the borders of different countries. One thing unites these two crises that appear to be separate: the incapacity of healthcare systems to provide for the most basic human requirements in emergency situations. With an emphasis on the roles of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation, we look into the similarities between healthcare failures in COVID-19 and conflict zones in this Editorial and offer possible solutions to improve the circumstances.