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Authors
Guha-Sapir, DebaratiRodriguez-Llanes, Jose M.
Hicks, Madelyn J. Hsiao-Rei
Donneau, Anne-Francoise
Coutts, Adam
Lillywhite, Louis
Fouad, Fouad M.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of PsychiatryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-09-29Keywords
AdolescentAdult
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Delivery of Health Care
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
*Public Health
Quality of Health Care
Syria
Vulnerable Populations
*Warfare
Weapons
Wounds and Injuries
Syria
Syrian conflict
civilian deaths
violent deaths
weapons
warfare
Epidemiology
Human Rights Law
International Humanitarian Law
International Public Health
Maternal and Child Health
Psychiatry and Psychology
Public Health
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
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Article introduction: What started as a peaceful uprising in Syria in March 2011 escalated quickly to an armed conflict. By 2012 conflict had become the leading cause of death of Syrians. Health systems have been reshaped, now being separated into areas controlled by the government, the opposition, or self proclaimed Islamic State factions—we group the last two as non-state armed groups (NSAG; fig 1). These areas differ vastly in terms of service delivery capacity, number of trained staff, and accessto essential medicines. Indirect conflict related deaths have arisen from poor sanitation and severe disruption to Syria’s healthcare system. In December 2014, 20% of Syria’s public hospitals were completely non-functional, and another 35% provided only partial services. Direct conflict related deaths are those that are caused by weapons and other violent methods used in warfare. In this article we assess the direct conflict related deaths (hereafter termed violent deaths) of women and children among civilians killed in the Syrian conflict, because they are identified as vulnerable populations in public health and under specific laws of war such as the Geneva Conventions.Source
BMJ. 2015 Sep 29;351:h4736. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h4736. Link to article on publisher's website
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10.1136/bmj.h4736Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30645PubMed ID
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© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2015. Open access copy retrieved from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/186326 with license at https://orbi.uliege.be/files/usage-license.html.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/bmj.h4736
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