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To the Editor: Due to more than a decade of armed conflict and civil unrest, Chechnya is among the settings most affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance worldwide.¹ We undertook this study to assess the magnitude and describe epidemiologic patterns of injuries and deaths due to landmines and unexploded ordnance in Chechnya.

Methods

We obtained data on landmine and unexploded ordnance injuries in Chechnya from 1994 through 2005 from the United Nations Children's Fund and Voice of the Mountains, a Chechen nongovernmental organization.

In October of 2000, Voice of the Mountains in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund began collecting data on injuries that occurred since 1994 and on new injuries. Injury reports were obtained from a variety of sources, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, local nongovernmental organizations, district administrations, district health facilities, and local police stations. Deaths were attributed to injuries only if they occurred within . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Oleg O. Bilukha, MD, PhD
obilukha1@cdc.gov
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Ga

Zaur Tsitsaev, BS
United Nations Children's Fund
Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, Russian Federation

Ramzan Ibragimov, BS
Voice of the Mountains Non-Governmental Organization
Grozny, Republic of Chechnya, Russian Federation

Mark Anderson, MD, MPH; Muireann Brennan, MD, MPH
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Eliza Murtazaeva, BS
United Nations Children's Fund

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