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 E-Mail New estimates reveal extent of the health burden of armed conflict--affecting at least 630 million women and children worldwide in 2017, and contributing to more than 10 million deaths among children under 5 years of age over 20 years. Changing nature of war is a growing threat to humanitarian access and the provision of essential health services for women and children, but responses in countries like Syria, Pakistan, and Colombia may provide context-specific innovative ways forward. A...

Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex and protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, affecting at least 630 million women and children--over 8% of the world's population--in 2017.

Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex, protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, according to a new four-paper Series in The Lancet. The Series exposes the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women’s and children’s health, and incudes new estimates that armed conflicts affected at least 630 million women and children — over 8% of the world’s population — in 2017.