reproductive health

Reproductive Toxicology

Prevalence of preterm, low birth weight and birth defects increased significantly since 2011 in Gaza, Palestine. No change in known co-factors of reproductive health justified this rise. Two military attacks in 2012 and 2014 introduced novel risk factors for outcomes at birth: contamination by teratogenic and carcinogenic heavy metals weapon- remnants, ongoing impoverishment, and impaired rehabilitation of waste management. It was previously shown that mothers exposed to military attacks had higher metal load than those unexposed and mother’s heavy metals trans- pass placenta.

Call for data collecting on reproductive health: Newweapons publishes a specific protocol

War has long term effects on reproductive health, but large amounts of data to  are needed to examine the problem. Nwrc has released a protocol to collect data, that every scientific body can use.

In order to help those involved in collection of data in Gaza, Nwrc ha released also a modified version of the protocol.

 

We publish here the text of the call:


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