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The impact of “the war that drags on” in Ukraine for the health of children and adolescents: Old problems in a new conflict?

The early months of 2022 have already included several distressing world events. From the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, to protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives a...

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Autores principales: Gonçalves Júnior, Jucier, de Amorim, Liromaria Maria, Neto, Modesto Leite Rolim, Uchida, Ricardo Riyoiti, de Moura, Anna Tereza Miranda Soares, Lima, Nadia Nara Rolim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8963741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35364467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105602
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Sumario:The early months of 2022 have already included several distressing world events. From the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, to protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country's 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying – and spreading by the hour. Children have been killed. Children have been wounded. They are being profoundly traumatized by the violence all around them. Hundreds of thousands of people are on the move, and family members are becoming separated from their loved ones.