Karachi
January 30, 2021
The conflict-hit parts of Balochistan have much lower coverage levels for maternal and child health services than peaceful parts of the province, according to a case study on healthcare in Pakistanâs violence-affected areas published in BioMed Centralâs Conflict and Health journal.
Researchers at the Aga Khan University and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, conducted the case study in two areas of Pakistan: Balochistan â with a specific focus on the Makran belt that includes the districts of Gwadar, Keich and Panjgur â and Fata due to the chronic nature of conflict in these areas. The study consisted of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the provision of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition services (RMNCAH&N) comparing coverage in districts facing minimal, moderate and severe levels of conflict.
KARACHI: A recently published study has found that maternal and child health services in the conflict-hit parts of Pakistan are severely affected due to insecurity, unavailability of staff and damage to healthcare facilities, suggesting the need for customised strategies to promote women and child health in these areas.
The study on healthcare in Pakistan’s violence-affected areas is published in BioMed Central’s Conflict and Health journal.
It was conducted by researchers at the Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, in two areas of Pakistan: Balochistan with a specific focus on the Makran belt that includes the districts of Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur and (former) Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) due to the chronic nature of conflict in these areas.
Armed conflict has far-reaching impact on health of women, children: Expert
January 26, 2021
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‘Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict’
A recent study on armed conflict highlighted the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on the health of women and children.
The study, published in the journal The Lancet, explores the changing nature of war and conflict, its short- and long-term health effects on women and children, strategies for identifying best responses, and interventions supported by in-country assessments and studies.
Lead author, Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta from the Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, says: “The new estimates provide compelling evidence of the enormous indirect toll of modern warfare caused by easily preventable infectious diseases, malnutrition, sexual violence, and poor mental health, as well as the destruction of basic services such a
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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.
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, according to a new four-paper Series exposing the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women s and children s health, published today in
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.