Armed conflicts: Pair of reports puts focus on their wide-ranging toll on children [aappublications.org]

Alicia Doktor 11/7/184:00 AM

A Jew, Muslim and Christian got together in 2014, nearly paralyzed by the horror of the war in Syria.

“We cannot keep silent about this,” was the consensus. The result is the first-ever AAP policy statement and technical report on children and armed conflict.

More than one in 10 children are affected by armed conflict. The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes now stands at 68.5 million, including more than 25 million refugees. Half of refugees are children, and most of them are displaced by armed conflict.

The urgency of the policy statement and technical report cannot be overstated.

[For more on this story by Sherry Shenoda, M.D., FAAP and Ayesha Kadir, M.D., M.Sc., FAAP, go to http://www.aappublications.org.../armedconflict110518]

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