Geopolitical Malpractice and the Health Toll of Western Military Interventions in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Document Type : Viewpoint

Author

1 Centre On Drug Policy Evaluation, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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Introduction

By the end of 2024, 123.2 million people, roughly one in every 67 worldwide, were forcibly displaced, and 40% of them were children.1 Although mainstream media often focus on a “refugee crisis” impacting Western high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are the ones that host 73% of the world’s refugees, 67% of whom remain in their homelands’ neighbouring countries.  ...(Read more...)


Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 September 2025
  • Received Date: 09 July 2025
  • Revised Date: 03 September 2025
  • Accepted Date: 07 September 2025
  • First Published Date: 08 September 2025