Health consequences of armed conflict in Guinea-Bissau
Nielsen, J.; Sodemann, M.; Jakobsen, M.; Gustafson, P.; Benn, C.; Aaby, P.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 172(2): 132-136
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 20074491 Document Number: 571543
The present paper reviews studies carried out by the Bandim Health Project during the armed conflict in Guinea-Bissau, 1998-1999. Common health interventions like vaccination and breastfeeding, as well as focused interventions such as nutrition interventions aimed at malnourished children are effective measures. Population-based studies of health status gives important information about health conditions for groups at special risk, and provides information about which interventions are the most effective in an emergency.
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