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The impact of war on the health of millions of women and children

The impact of war on the health of millions of women and children Written by Robby Berman on February 2, 2021 Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D. A comprehensive new report documents the brutal effects of modern warfare on women and children worldwide. Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images “Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict. The international community cannot continue to ignore their plight,” says Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, co-author of a commentary that accompanies a wide-ranging, four-part examination of the human cost of modern warfare published in The researchers behind the series estimate that in 2017, armed conflict affected at least 630 million women and children globally. They also state that over the last 20 years, warfare has resulted in the deaths of more than 10 million children under 5 years of age, including between 6.7 and 7.5 million infants.

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Lancet Series on Women s and Children s Health in Conflict Settings

Lancet Series on Women s and Children s Health in Conflict Settings
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The Lancet: World failing to address health needs of 630 million women and children affected by armed conflict

E-Mail New estimates reveal extent of the health burden of armed conflict affecting at least 630 million women and children worldwide in 2017, and contributing to more than 10 million deaths among children under 5 years of age over 20 years. Changing nature of war is a growing threat to humanitarian access and the provision of essential health services for women and children, but responses in countries like Syria, Pakistan, and Colombia may provide context-specific innovative ways forward. Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex and protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, affecting at least 630 million women and children over 8% of the world s population in 2017, according to a new four-paper Series exposing the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women s and children s health, published today in

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Study: Armed conflict affects health needs of at least 630 million women, children

Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex and protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, affecting at least 630 million women and children over 8% of the world's population in 2017.

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World failing to address health needs of 630 million women and children affected by armed conflict

Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex, protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, according to a new four-paper Series in The Lancet. The Series exposes the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women’s and children’s health, and incudes new estimates that armed conflicts affected at least 630 million women and children over 8% of the world’s population in 2017.

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