Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
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Disaster Med Public Health Prep · Dec 2016
Observational StudyChildren in the Syrian Civil War: the Familial, Educational, and Public Health Impact of Ongoing Violence.
The Syrian civil war since 2011 has led to one of the most complex humanitarian emergencies in history. The objective of this study was to document the impact of the conflict on the familial, educational, and public health state of Syrian children. ⋯ After 4 years of civil war in Syria, children have lost parents, live in substandard life quality circumstances, and are at risk for outbreaks because of worsening vaccination states and insufficient availability of health care providers. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:874-882).