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Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a nationwide survey.
Benjamin Coghlan,Richard J Brennan,Pascal Ngoy,David Dofara,Brad Otto,Mark S. Clements,Tony Stewart +6 more
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The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis and improvements in security and increased humanitarian assistance are urgently needed.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2006-01-07. It has received 436 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mortality rate & Child mortality.read more
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Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults
TL;DR: Investigators in this discipline will need to measure the global burden of critical illness and available critical-care resources, and develop both preventive and therapeutic interventions that are generalisable across countries.
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Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey
TL;DR: The number of people dying in Iraq has continued to escalate and the proportion of deaths ascribed to coalition forces has diminished in 2006, although the actual numbers have increased every year.
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Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq : a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. Commentary
TL;DR: The proportion of deaths ascribed to coalition forces has diminished in 2006, although the actual numbers have increased every year, and Gunfire remains the most common cause of death, although deaths from car bombing have increased.
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War and mortality in Kosovo, 1998-99: an epidemiological testimony.
Paul Spiegel,Peter Salama +1 more
TL;DR: Raising awareness among the international humanitarian community of the increased risk of mortality from war-related trauma among men of 50 years and older in some settings is an urgent priority, and establishing evacuation programmes to assist older people to find refuge may prevent loss of life.
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Violence and mortality in West Darfur, Sudan (2003-04): epidemiological evidence from four surveys
Evelyn Depoortere,Francesco Checchi,Sibylle Gerstl,Andrea Minetti,Olivia Gayraud,Virginie Briet,Jennifer Pahl,Isabelle Defourny,Mercedes Tatay,Vincent Brown +9 more
TL;DR: Empirical evidence is provided of this conflict's effect on civilians, confirming the serious nature of the crisis, and reinforcing findings from other war contexts.
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