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イラク戦争の健康への悪影響
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. blevy@igc.org
Lancet (London, England)
|March 19, 2013
まとめ
イラク戦争では,イラクの民間人116,903人以上が死亡し,多くの負傷者と避難者がいた. 連合軍はまた,精神的健康障害を含む3万1,000人以上の負傷者を出した.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 戦争研究 戦争研究
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- イラク戦争 (2003年−2011年) は,破壊的で広範囲に及ぶ健康への影響を及ぼした.
- イラクの医療インフラへの被害は,民間人の間で広範囲にわたる病気と負傷をもたらしました.
- 何百万ものイラク人が避難し,健康危機を悪化させた.
研究 の 目的:
- イラク戦争の健康への悪影響を全面的に見直す.
- イラクの民間人と連合軍兵士の死亡率と罹病率を定量化するために.
- 将来の戦争関連の健康危機を緩和するための戦略を策定する.
主な方法:
- イラクの非戦闘員と連合軍兵士の犠牲者データの分析.
- 配備された米軍人における負傷,病気,心理的障害の評価.
- 移住者数と民間医療インフラへの影響の見直し.
主要な成果:
- 少なくとも116,903人のイラク人非戦闘員が死亡し,4,800人以上の連合軍兵士が死亡しました.
- 3万1,000人以上の米軍兵士が負傷し,PTSDとTBIの割合が高い.
- 約500万人のイラク人が避難し,医療インフラが深刻な被害を受けました.
結論:
- イラク戦争は,民間人と軍人の両方にとって,深刻で広範な有害な健康上の結果をもたらしました.
- これらの影響を理解することは,効果的な公衆衛生介入の開発と将来の紛争の防止に不可欠です.
- 戦争による健康への影響に関するさらなる研究は,紛争後の状況で政策を策定し,結果を改善することができます.
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