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    Civilian deaths from weapons used in the Syrian conflict

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    Authors
    Guha-Sapir, Debarati
    Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose M.
    Hicks, Madelyn J. Hsiao-Rei
    Donneau, Anne-Francoise
    Coutts, Adam
    Lillywhite, Louis
    Fouad, Fouad M.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Psychiatry
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2015-09-29
    Keywords
    Adolescent
    Adult
    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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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4736
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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.
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    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.h4736
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30645
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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.
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