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Forced Displacement Detrimental to the Health of Children in Colombia

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  • Nina Wald

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Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced refugees in the world after Syria. The decade-long ongoing armed conflict between the Colombian police and the armed forces, paramilitaries, and guerilla groups has caused 5.7 million people—more than ten percent of the population—to flee their homelands. Many of them are women and children, driven off their lands, in most cases, to the misery of precarious living conditions and poor hygiene in destitute urban districts. A study by DIW Berlin shows that this forced displacement is detrimental to the health of children in Colombia, with displaced infants and toddlers, for example, suffering from malnou¬rishment more frequently than non-displaced children of the same age group. Parents from displaced households also perceived their children’s state of health to be considerably worse. In addition, their probable lack of health insurance hampers access to health services and medicine.

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  • Nina Wald, 2014. "Forced Displacement Detrimental to the Health of Children in Colombia," DIW Economic Bulletin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 4(12), pages 11-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwdeb:2014-12-3
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    Keywords

    Child health; armed conflict; displacement; Colombia;
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    JEL classification:

    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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