Natural disasters, armed conflict, and public health.

The Effects of Disaster on Women's Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

The objective of this study is to empirically test the effects of disasters which include natural as well as human made disasters such as armed conflict on women's reproductive health in developing countries. Data from 128 developing countries are used. It was found that average number of deaths from natural disasters and armed conflict in the East Asia and Pacific region was not significantly ...

Armed-conflict risks enhanced by climate-related disasters in ethnically fractionalized countries.

Social and political tensions keep on fueling armed conflicts around the world. Although each conflict is the result of an individual context-specific mixture of interconnected factors, ethnicity appears to play a prominent and almost ubiquitous role in many of them. This overall state of affairs is likely to be exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change and in particular climate-related natur...

Emergency doctor says WHO has key role in health crises.

Since Dr David Nabarro was appointed Representative of the Director-General for Health Action in Crises in July 2003, the work of his team has hardly been out of the headlines and their web site http://www.who.int/hac/en/ has become an important source of comprehensive health information on crisis-hit regions. In the last 18 months, WHO has responded to more than 12 major health crises across t...

Military medicine in China: old topic, new concept

Military medicine is important in both war and peace. In China, military medicine plays a key role in supporting and maintaining health, in preventing injuries and diseases in military staff and in enhancing the military armed forces during war. Additionally, military medicine participates in actions such as emergency public health crises, natural disasters, emerging conflicts and anti-terroris...

Humanitarian crises due to natural disasters and armed conflict.