Lafta Riyadh K, Al-Nuaimi Maha A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Med Confl Surviv. 2019 Sep;35(3):209-226. doi: 10.1080/13623699.2019.1670431. Epub 2019 Oct 9.
Iraq has suffered 40 years of continual conflict, with large-scale traumatic events including successive wars, economic sanctions, sectarian conflict, terrorism, and organized crime. Population health and the health systems and other services and infrastructure that support a population's health usually suffer severe consequences in conflict-affect countries and Iraq has been no exception. In this article we aim to provide a historical narrative of the four decades of successive wars in Iraq and present some of the consequences of this particular situation of persistent violence and how it has reflected on the health status of the Iraqi people, as indicated by increasing morbidity, mortality, injuries, mental health problems and displacement. Continutation of the current situation of insecurity is anathema for health as war and health can never be compatible, it is a choice between war or health.
伊拉克经历了40年的持续冲突，遭遇了包括连续战争、经济制裁、宗派冲突、恐怖主义和有组织犯罪在内的大规模创伤性事件。在受冲突影响的国家，人口健康以及支持民众健康的卫生系统和其他服务及基础设施通常都会遭受严重后果，伊拉克也不例外。在本文中，我们旨在讲述伊拉克连续四十年战争的历史，并呈现这种持续暴力的特殊情况所带来的一些后果，以及它如何反映在伊拉克人民的健康状况上，具体表现为发病率、死亡率、受伤情况、心理健康问题和流离失所现象的增加。不安全状况的持续对健康来说是极其有害的，因为战争与健康永远无法相容，这是战争与健康之间的抉择。
