title: Child health in Syria: recognising the lasting effects of warfare on health.
abstract: The war in Syria, now in its fourth year, is one of the bloodiest in recent times. The legacy of war includes damage to the health of children that can last for decades and affect future generations. In this article we discuss the effects of the war on Syria's children, highlighting the less documented longer-term effects. In addition to their present suffering, these children, and their own children, are likely to face further challenges as a result of the current conflict. This is essential to understand both for effective interventions and for ethical reasons.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London, WC1N 1EH UK.
authors.forename: Delan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Devakumar
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London, WC1N 1EH UK.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.affiliation: Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
authors.forename: Leonard S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
authors.affiliation: Institute for Global Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London, WC1N 1EH UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osrin
authors.affiliation: Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, 1092AD Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Egbert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sondorp
authors.affiliation: Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, WC1N 1EH UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan C K
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wells
keywords: Children; Conflict; Health; Syria; War