Citation

Lindert J, Bilsen J, McKee M. Eur. J. Public Health 2018; 28(6): 986.

Affiliation

European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicien, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/eurpub/cky139

PMID

30107459

Abstract

Terrorism is a public health issue.1 It impacts health directly and indirectly, with an estimated 25 500 deaths worldwide in 2016.2 Of those attacks, half, and 60% of all fatalities, occurred in just three countries, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. By contrast, the Global Terrorism Database shows that Europe and North America suffered relatively few successful terror attacks.
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How should the public health community respond? Some ways are uncontentious. Public health professionals commonly participate in emergency planning, whether for natural or manmade emergencies, especially where there is a risk of infectious disease, or natural disasters. Nor is there any serious argument about counting the dead and dying, given...

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