Devakumar, D;
Birch, M;
Rubenstein, LS;
Osrin, D;
Sondorp, E;
Wells, JC;
(2015)
Child health in Syria: recognising the lasting effects of warfare on health.
Conflict and Health
, 9
, Article 34. 10.1186/s13031-015-0061-6.
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Abstract
The war in Syria, now in its fourth year, is one of the bloodiest in recent times. The legacy of war includes damage to the health of children that can last for decades and affect future generations. In this article we discuss the effects of the war on Syria's children, highlighting the less documented longer-term effects. In addition to their present suffering, these children, and their own children, are likely to face further challenges as a result of the current conflict. This is essential to understand both for effective interventions and for ethical reasons.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Child health in Syria: recognising the lasting effects of warfare on health |
Location: | England |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13031-015-0061-6 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-015-0061-6 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © Devakumar et al. 2015. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | Children, Conflict, Health, Syria, War |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474029 |
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