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Landmines: Children
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During January 1997--September 2002, a total of 6,114 injuries from landmines and UXO were reported to UN MACA in Afghanistan. The number of reported victims of landmines and UXO was highest in 1999 and decreased gradually; sex and age distributions of victims remained relatively stable (Table 1). Injuries in males were approximately 10 times higher than in females. In each year during 1997--2002, approximately half of all injuries occurred in persons aged <18 years. The greatest number (1,830 [29%]) of injuries occurred in children aged 10--14 years, followed by persons aged 15--19 years (891 [14%]) and children aged 5--9 years (834 [13%]). During this period, the proportion of UXO-related injuries increased, and that of landmine-related injuries decreased (chi square for linear trend = 114.8; p<0.001).
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Two members of the team behind the Muppets are embarking on a mission to save Afghan children from landmines by creating an elaborate stage-show to take there. Michael Frith - one of Jim Henson's right-hand men on The Muppets and Fraggle Rock - has designed eight new characters with his wife, puppeteer Kathryn Mullen.
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How many more African women, children and men will have their lives destroyed by landmines? How many more hospital beds filled? Prostheses made? How much more agricultural land rendered unusable? How many more roads destroyed? How many more veterans, development, humanitarian, women's, medical, children and religious groups will need to write to you?
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