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40 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: The Continuing Challenge of Protecting Civilians During Armed Combat
40 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: The Continuing Challenge of Protecting Civilians During Armed Combat
Monday, November 2, 2015
: 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, during which at least two million non-combatant Vietnamese civilians died. Little progress has been made in protection civilians during armed combat since then. Civilians continue to injured and killed in large numbers, and are increasingly targeted. Civilians continue to die as a result of damage to the health-supporting infrastructure of society: food and water supply systems, sanitation and sewage treatment, medical care and public health services, transportation, communication, and energy supply. Civilians continue to be uprooted from their homes. And they continue to suffer from the diversion of human and financial resources that takes place during war. Public health professionals can do much to promote the protection of civilians during war and to help prevent war and promote a culture of peace.
Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safetyPublic health administration or related administration
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Discussion by a former APHA President on the consequences of the Vietnam War and other wars.
Keyword(s): War
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a scholar on the effects of war with many publications who is a former APHA president, and public speaker with engagements all over the world.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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