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Offline: What the war against ISIL means for health

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 386; Issue: 10009 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(15)01046-6

ISSN

1474-547X

Autores

Richard Horton,

Tópico(s)

Health and Conflict Studies

Resumo

United Nations Resolution 2249, passed on Nov 20, 2015, by the Security Council, argues that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Da'esh) "constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security". Is that statement fair? Despite saturation news coverage and the rhetoric of war, ISIL is not (yet) a threat to the security and wellbeing of the entire world. Its effects have been acute and severe but so far geographically localised—to the Middle East, south Asia, north Africa, and, with the recent terrorist bombings in Paris, western Europe.

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