Syrian War and Impacts on Public Health

Abstract

Social peace one of the fundamental determinants of health. In the case of violence and insecurity, the indicators of health level drops rapidly. In this article, it is aimed to examine the emerging health problems after the Syrian War. The results show that there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of infectious diseases both in Syria and in neighboring countries after the war. There has been considerable decrease in the level of maternal health. Disabilities and deaths increased due to unmet needs. Over six years, more than 2% of the population died and 10% seriously injured. The life span has been shortened by 20 years, and the quality of life has decreased. Society has been shaken and spoiled in spirit. In order to ensure social peace, peaceful solutions such as dialogue, discussion, compromise, concession, apology, law, and politics should be defended, and any kind of violence should be rejected by healthcare workers. Building social peace must be one of the basic subjects of healthcare workers and public health.

Keywords

• Public Health,Syrian war,communicable disease,mental health

Suriye Savaşı ve Halk Sağlığına Etkileri

Abstract

Toplumsal barış sağlığın en temel belirleyicilerinden biridir. Barışın yerini şiddet ve güvensizliğin alması durumunda sağlık düzeyi göstergeleri hızla düşer. Bu yazıda Suriye Savaşı sonrasında, ortaya çıkan sağlık sorunların incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar göstermektedir ki, savaş sonrasında hem Suriye’de hem de komşu ülkelerde bulaşıcı hastalıkların seyrinde önemli bir artış olmuştur. Ana çocuk sağlığı düzeyinde önemli gerilemeler olmuştur. Karşılanmamış gereksinimler nedeni ile sakatlıklar ve ölümler artmıştır. Altı yılda nüfusun %2’den fazlası ölmüş, %10’unda ciddi yaralanma görülmüştür. Yaşam süresi 20 yıl kısalmış, yaşam kalitesi düşmüştür. Toplum ruhsal açıdan sarsılmış ve örselenmiştir. Toplumsal barışın sağlanabilmesi için, başta sağlık çalışanları olmak üzere nedeni ne olursa olsun, her türlü şiddete karşı durmak, sorunların diyalog, tartışma, uzlaşı, ödün verme, özür dileme, hukuk, siyaset gibi barışçıl yollarla çözümü savunulmalıdır. Toplumsal barışın inşası sağlık çalışanlarının ve halk sağlığının temel konularından biri olmalıdır.

Keywords

• Halk sağlığı,Suriye savaşı,bulaşıcı hastalık,ruh sağlığı

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