Armed conflict and child health

Armed conflict and child health

Armed conflict has a major impact on child health throughout the world. One in six children worldwide lives in an area of armed conflict and civilians are more likely to die than soldiers as a result of the conflict. In stark contrast to the effect on children, the international arms trade results in huge profits for the large corporations involved in producing arms, weapons and munitions. Arme...

Child Soldiers in Armed Conflict

Child health in armed conflict: time to rethink.

6 Seftel HC. The rarity of coronary heart disease in South African blacks. The health of children is compromised by armed confl ict, complex political emergencies, political upheaval, and forced migration. Children and young people comprise a signifi cant proportion of the population in many countries, and often predominate in refugee or internally displaced settings. These environments expose ...

Natural disasters, armed conflict, and public health.

Armed conflict as a public health problem.

Armed conflict between warring states and groups within states have been major causes of ill health and mortality for most of human history. Conflict obviously causes deaths and injuries on the battlefield, but also health consequences from the displacement of populations, the breakdown of health and social services, and the heightened risk of disease transmission. Despite the size of the healt...