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Health protection in armed conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Rémi Russbach
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Armed conflicts always have dire effects on the health of the civilian population. Apart from the harm — wounds, burns, asphyxia and radiation — caused directly by weapons of war, the people fall prey to disease because of the disruption of their normal living conditions.

In most cases, it is the latter rather than the former which takes the greatest toll.

Some basic health protection principles are therefore common to all development and disaster situations.

Type
Special Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Special Issue 284: Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations , October 1991 , pp. 460 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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References

1 Surbeck, J. J. and Russbach, R., “Le Droit International Humanitaire et la protection de la santé”, Revue Québecoise de Droit international, Vol. 2, 1985, pp. 155–193.Google Scholar

2 Baccino-Astrada, A., Manual on the rights and duties of medical personnel in armed conflicts, ICRC-League, Geneva, 1982.Google Scholar