South Sudan faces grim health and humanitarian situation

South Sudan faces grim health and humanitarian situation

According to the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), which led the fight for independence, the regimes in Khartoum concentrated all develop ment in the north and denied southerners meaningful participation in government. According to the UN, the mine action sector cleared 2.9 million squ...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2011-06, Vol.377 (9784), p.2167-2168
1. Verfasser: Wakabi, Wairagala
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
AIDS
Altruism
Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration
Developing Countries
Educational Status
Female
Health care
Health facilities
Health Status
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Hospitals
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Mines
Mortality
Needs Assessment
Poverty
Public Health
Risk Assessment
Social Conditions
Sudan
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:According to the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), which led the fight for independence, the regimes in Khartoum concentrated all develop ment in the north and denied southerners meaningful participation in government. According to the UN, the mine action sector cleared 2.9 million square metres of land and destroyed 1544 anti-personnel mines, 321 antitank mines, 60 137 small arms and ammunition, and 8590 items of unexploded ordnance in the past year.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60946-X