Parikh Sujal M
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Med Confl Surviv. 2010 Apr-Jun;26(2):101-7. doi: 10.1080/13623699.2010.491378.
Over the course of 2009, dozens of nations signed a new convention on cluster munitions, and several nations ratified the convention. To determine how public health professionals can participate in preventing death and injury from cluster munitions, we review the history of these weapons, their effects on individuals and communities, the history of efforts to limit their use, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and ways that health professionals can support efforts to ban their use. Cluster munitions are a threat to civilians in conflict and post-conflict settings. They render homes, farms and businesses dangerous and inaccessible, and delay resettlement after the end of a conflict. Health professionals have led efforts to limit the use and proliferation of other weapons, and global collaboration to support the Convention on Cluster Munitions would be a step towards protecting the public's health.
在2009年期间，数十个国家签署了一项关于集束弹药的新公约，还有几个国家批准了该公约。为了确定公共卫生专业人员如何参与预防集束弹药造成的死亡和伤害，我们回顾了这些武器的历史、它们对个人和社区的影响、限制其使用的努力历程、《集束弹药公约》以及卫生专业人员支持禁止使用集束弹药努力的方式。集束弹药对冲突中和冲突后环境中的平民构成威胁。它们使房屋、农场和企业变得危险且无法进入，并在冲突结束后延缓重新安置。卫生专业人员曾带头努力限制其他武器的使用和扩散，而支持《集束弹药公约》的全球合作将是朝着保护公众健康迈出的一步。
