Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
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The World Health Organization has identified violence as pandemic.1 “Weapons are bad for people’s health ... Yet health professionals have been slow to recognize that the effects of weapons are, by design, a health issue, and moreover constitute a global epidemic mostly affecting civilians.”2 While the specific effects of small arms in the context of conflict and violence are still being investigated, there is no doubt that their global impact is considerable.
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