Women and children living in areas of armed conflict in Africa: a geospatial analysis of mortality and orphanhood

Summary: Background: The population effects of armed conflict on non-combatant vulnerable populations are incompletely understood. We aimed to study the effects of conflict on mortality among women of childbearing age (15–49 years) and on orphanhood among children younger than 15 years in Africa. M...

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Main Authors: Zachary Wagner, PhD, Sam Heft-Neal, PhD, Paul H Wise, ProfMD, Robert E Black, ProfMD, Marshall Burke, PhD, Ties Boerma, ProfMD, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, ProfPhD, Eran Bendavid, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19304073