Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19668357.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000108 and PMC identifier 2716514.
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Abstract
Debarati Guha-Sapir and Ruwan Ratnayake use field data to demonstrate the severe vulnerability faced by much of the Somalian population due to ongoing conflict, and call for concerted public health interventions and access to food aid especially in southern Somalia.
Medical subject headings
- International Cooperation
- Mortality
- Public Health
- Relief Work
- Warfare