The post-war public health effects of civil conflict

Civilian suffering from civil war extends well beyond the period of active warfare. We examine longer-term effects in a cross-national analysis of World Health Organization data on death and disability broken down by age, gender, and type of disease or condition. We find substantial long-term effect...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2004-08, Vol.59 (4), p.869-884
Main Authors: Ghobarah, Hazem Adam, Huth, Paul, Russett, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Civil conflict Death Disability Disease Gender War WHO
Age Factors
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Causality
Child
Child, Preschool
Civil conflict
Civil War
Civil wars
Crossnational Analysis
Death
Disability
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Disease
Diseases
Epidemiology
Female
Gender
General aspects
General Public
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Mortality Rates
Politics
Public Health
Public Health - statistics & numerical data
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Risk Assessment
Sex Factors
Victims
War
Warfare
WHO
World Health Organization
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Summary:Civilian suffering from civil war extends well beyond the period of active warfare. We examine longer-term effects in a cross-national analysis of World Health Organization data on death and disability broken down by age, gender, and type of disease or condition. We find substantial long-term effects, even after controlling for several other factors. We estimate that the additional burden of death and disability incurred in 1999 alone, from the indirect and lingering effects of civil wars in the years 1991–1997, was nearly double the number incurred directly and immediately from all wars in 1999. This impact works its way through specific diseases and conditions, and disproportionately affects women and children.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.043