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Call for Papers

Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH; Annette Flanagin, RN, MA

JAMA. 2007;298(23):2792-2793.

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JAMA will publish its annual theme issue on violence and human rights in August 2008. As in previous years, we encourage authors to submit manuscripts reporting the results of original research on the causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and human rights abuses. All topics related to violence and human rights are of interest, but this year we specifically invite manuscripts on the health effects of armed conflict.

Between 2002 and 2005, sub-Saharan Africa was the only region with a decline in armed conflicts, while the number of armed conflicts increased in the other 4 regions of the world.¹ Today, more than 50 armed conflicts are occurring around the world.¹ Perhaps the most prominent is the war in Iraq, estimated to account for nearly 20% of all battle-related deaths worldwide in 2005.¹ According to the US Department of Defense,² as of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr Cole (tbcole@bellsouth.net) is Contributing Editor and Ms Flanagin (annette.flanagin@jama-archives.org) is Managing Deputy Editor, JAMA.