改变伊拉克和叙利亚战争的治疗地理
Omar Dewachi1, Mac Skelton2, Vinh-Kim Nguyen3
1Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Lancet (London, England)
|January 24, 2014
概括
阿拉伯世界的战争和冲突对健康产生了深远的影响,使人口流离失所,并改变了医疗保健系统. 对伊拉克和叙利亚的分析揭示了卫生服务的军事化和区域化,使恢复工作复杂化.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 地缘政治地缘政治地缘政治
- 中东研究 中东研究
背景情况:
- 美国领导的持续的反恐战争和阿拉伯世界的民间武装冲突,除了直接的附带损害之外,还会对健康造成严重的后果.
- 长期的冲突导致人口流离失所,健康和医疗保健的持续变革.
- 在冲突升级之前,受影响地区的先前国家医疗保健系统是强大的.
研究的目的:
- 分析伊拉克和叙利亚冲突对卫生和医疗保健系统的影响.
- 展示战争如何军事化和区域化医疗保健,阻碍重建工作.
- 引入和定义冲突地区治疗地理的概念.
主要方法:
- 对伊拉克和叙利亚武装冲突造成的健康后果的分析.
- 检查历史和跨国框架,以了解长期健康影响.
- 治疗地理的概念化作为理解战争期间医疗保健重组的框架.
主要成果:
- 冲突导致医疗保健服务的军事化和区域化.
- 这些变革使国家医疗保健系统的重建变得更加复杂.
- 治疗地理的概念说明了在战争条件下医疗保健的地理重组.
结论:
- 战争和冲突造成了长期的,复杂的健康后果,这些后果超出了直接的身体伤害.
- 医疗保健的军事化和区域化对冲突后的恢复构成了重大挑战.
- 治疗地理提供了一个有价值的镜头来研究受冲突影响地区的卫生系统适应.
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