Injuries associated with landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iran

Injuries and deaths due to victim-activated improvised explosive devices, landmines and other explosive remnants of war in Nepal

“…Similarly high proportions of children among casualties (but still lower than those observed in Nepal) were found in Afghanistan (47% of all casualties <18 years of age),9 Laos (46% <15 years of age)10 and Eritrea (41% <15 years of age) 11. The proportions of children among casualties in Chechnya (26% <18 years of age),12 Bosnia and Herzegovina (14% <18 years of age),13 Mozambique (7% <15 years of age)14 and Iran (23% <17 years of age)15 were much lower. This finding suggests that children in Nepal are at high risk of injury and should remain a priority target for MRE and other risk-reduction interventions.…”