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War, famine and excess child mortality in Africa: the role of parental education

Author(s) -

Gebre-Egzbiabher Kiros,

D. P. Hogan

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.3.447

Subject(s) - famine , spanish civil war , public health , development economics , child mortality , politics , economic growth , environmental health , food security , child survival , developing country , medicine , political science , population , geography , economics , law , nursing , archaeology , agriculture

Civilian-targeted warfare and famine constitute two of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Both have devastated many countries in Africa. Social services, and in particular, health services, have been destroyed. Dictatorial and military governments have used the withholding of food as a political weapon to exacerbate human suffering. Under such circumstances, war and famine are expected to have catastrophic impacts on child survival. This study examines the role of parental education in reducing excess child mortality in Africa by considering Tigrai-Ethiopia, which was severely affected by famine and civil war during 1973--1991.

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