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Stacey Pizzino, Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland

New global study: long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly 4 in 10 victims

When a war ends and peace agreements are signed, most people assume the danger is over. But for many communities around the world the danger remains in the ground, waiting.

Landmines and other explosives left behind after a conflict can stay active for decades – buried in the paths to school, in the fields that feed families and in the areas where children play.

In some countries, such as Laos and the Solomon Islands, bombs from conflicts decades ago still injure and kill.

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