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healthcare basic human right extending across humanitarian contexts including conflict globally two billion people living conditions insecurity violent armed conflict consequent impact public health health research conflictaffected regions recognised important gain understanding actual needs populations optimise healthcare delivery well inform advocacy policy change international collaborative research maximises resources skills available dealing global health issues builds capacity endeavours ensure research reflects real needs populations uks global challenge research fund 2017 number international programs created including research health conflictmiddle east north africa r4hcmena partnership build capacity conflict health research well study specific areas namely noncommunicable diseases conflict cancer mental health political economy health conflict qualitative study using semistructured online interviews conducted explore researchers stakeholders perspectives r4hcmena programme lifetime 2017 2021 aimed understand factors influenced accelerated international collaboration within r4hcmena programme conflict health research provide deeper insights implementation programme data collection conducted march 2022 june 2022 purposive snowball sampling techniques used participant recruitment thematic analysis applied data analysis twelve researchersstakeholders participated study four men eight women four main themes generated theme 1 network building personal institutional levels theme 2 hierarchies power dynamics power imbalance different academic status genders institutions theme 3 communication challenges theme 4 career development management leadership research teaching skills study provided preliminary insights perspectives international collaboration major international programme research conflict health several key challenges outputs generated researchers study findings important developing effective strategies tackle challenge power imbalance ineffective communication international research collaborations