January 2002
From Lancet
Sudan - a war against the people N.B. Please note that if you are outside North America the embargo date for Lancet Press Material is 0001 hours UK Time Friday 11 January 2002.Two Health and Human Rights articles in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight the ongoing and forgotten war in Sudan. Now two decades on, the health and wellbeing of the people of Sudan remains a major concern. In the first article, C�sar Chelala discusses the impact of oil in the south of the country. For the past year, government forces have carried out a campaign aimed at depopulating large oil-rich areas, and continues to use oil fields and revenues for war purposes. Child malnutrition rates are 50% in some conflict areas, and vaccine-preventable diseases are still a major threat. In a second article, Vincent Brown and colleagues from Epicentre and M�decins Sans Fronti�res, Paris, France, present their results from a recent survey done under difficult circumstances in Aweil East county, where militia groups regularly direct armed raids against Dinka villages. Many individuals reported deaths and disappearances among family members, which included children younger than 5 years of age from gun-shot wounds. Contact: C�sar Chelala, 390 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012, USA; E) [email protected] Nathan Ford, M�decins Sans Fronti�res, 124 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1, UK ; E) [email protected] | |