Women and children living in areas of armed conflict in Africa: a geospatial analysis of mortality and orphanhood

• Main Authors: Zachary Wagner, PhD (Author), Sam Heft-Neal, PhD (Author), Paul H Wise, ProfMD (Author), Robert E Black, ProfMD (Author), Marshall Burke, PhD (Author), Ties Boerma, ProfMD (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta, ProfPhD (Author), Eran Bendavid, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The population effects of armed conflict on non-combatant vulnerable populations are incompletely understood. We aimed to study the effects of conflict on mortality among women of childbearing age (15-49 years) and on orphanhood among children younger than 15 years in Africa. Me...