Empty arms: the effect of the arms trade on mothers and children.

نویسندگان

  • David P Southall
  • Bernadette A M O'Hare
چکیده

Aid workers have no doubts about the impact of armed conflict on the death and suffering of mothers and children. To prove that trading in arms makes a major contribution to poor health is challenging, because it coexists in poor countries with massive debt, corrupt bureaucracies, and natural disasters. We report on the devastating effects of legal and illegal weapons exported into poor countries in conflict in Africa and Asia.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 325 7378  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002