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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.
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“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.