Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.

Debarati Guha-Sapir and Ruwan Ratnayake use field data to demonstrate the severe vulnerability faced by much of the Somalian population due to ongoing conflict, and call for concerted public health interventions and access to food aid especially in southern Somalia.

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Main Authors: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Ruwan Ratnayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2716514?pdf=render
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description Debarati Guha-Sapir and Ruwan Ratnayake use field data to demonstrate the severe vulnerability faced by much of the Somalian population due to ongoing conflict, and call for concerted public health interventions and access to food aid especially in southern Somalia.
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spelling doaj.art-f97c644b07394d2cbf0b0170c3a6baaf2022-12-22T01:09:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762009-08-0168e100010810.1371/journal.pmed.1000108Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.Debarati Guha-SapirRuwan RatnayakeDebarati Guha-Sapir and Ruwan Ratnayake use field data to demonstrate the severe vulnerability faced by much of the Somalian population due to ongoing conflict, and call for concerted public health interventions and access to food aid especially in southern Somalia.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2716514?pdf=render
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Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
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title Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
title_full Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
title_fullStr Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
title_full_unstemmed Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
title_short Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: evidence for public health responses.
title_sort consequences of ongoing civil conflict in somalia evidence for public health responses
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