莫桑比克的地雷造成的死亡和伤害
A Ascherio1, R Biellik, A Epstein
1Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 16, 1995
概括
莫桑比克的地雷继续造成大量伤亡,家庭调查显示伤亡率高于此前的估计. 该研究强调了地雷对平民,包括妇女和儿童的严重,持续的影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 人道主义研究 人道主义研究
背景情况:
- 莫桑比克的地雷构成了持续的威胁,在冲突解决后很长一段时间内造成死亡和受伤.
- 现有的医院数据可能低估了地雷伤亡的真实负担.
- 之前的评估缺乏关于平民影响的全面数据.
研究的目的:
- 评估莫桑比克平民中与地雷有关的伤害和死亡率的频率和严重程度.
- 为了提供更准确的地雷影响估计超出医院治疗病例.
- 了解地雷受害者的人口分布.
主要方法:
- 1994年3月在Manica和Metuchira (索法拉省) 进行的家庭调查.
- 数据收集的重点是由于地雷造成的伤害,死亡和截肢率.
- 人权医生组织 (PHR) 组建了调查的医疗团队.
主要成果:
- 在马尼卡和梅图奇拉,每1000人死亡率分别为8.1和16.7.
- 截肢患病率在Manica是每1000人中有3.2人,在Metuchira是每1000人中有2.3人.
- 病例死亡率为48%,其中68%的受害者是平民,经常受到反人地雷 (81%) 的伤害.
结论:
- 目前的数据大大低估了莫桑比克地雷的影响.
- 家庭调查提供了对地雷相关伤害的真正范围的关键见解.
- 迫切需要采取干预措施,以应对陆地地雷造成的持续人道主义危机.
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