[Health consequences of armed conflict in Guinea-Bissau].
The present paper reviews studies carried out by the Bandim Health Project during the armed conflict in Guinea-Bissau, 1998-1999. Common health interventions like vaccination and breastfeeding, as well as focused interventions such as nutrition interventions aimed at malnourished children are effective measures. Population-based studies of health status gives important information about health conditions for groups at special risk, and provides information about which interventions are the most effective in an emergency.
Nielsen
Jens
J
Statens Serum Institut, Bandim Health Project, Odense Universitetshospital, Infektionsmedicinsk Afdeling og Børneafdelingen, DK-2300 København S, Denmark. nls@ssi.dk
Sodemann
Morten
M
Jakobsen
Marianne
M
Gustafson
Per
P
Benn
Christine
C
Aaby
Peter
P
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D006169:Guinea-Bissau / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011634:Public Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014857:Warfare