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Read the companion article in this issue of Epidemiologia&Prevenzione Introduction Never in the recent history of armed conflicts – with the possible exception of Iraq and Darfur (Sudan) in the early 2000s – has the assessment of civilian death tolls held as much significance as in Gaza, after Hamas’s massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023. This is reflected in the media coverage, political statements, and the interest shown by researchers.Several studies have been conducted…

Introduction Vedi Scarica   Assessing death tolls in conflict is fraught with political, methodological, and contextual challenges, which make these estimates susceptible to media misinterpretation and political manipulation. Estimates of death tolls bear, however, high political and humanitarian weight, as they can have far-reaching implications, by shaping policy priorities and political debates, prompting diplomatic action, and guiding humanitarian responses. The present article…

Media coverage of humanitarian crises and questionable impartiality The massacre of at least 320 civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, captured the headlines of mass media in March 2022, triggering a global outcry and spurring a new round of sanctions against Russia by the US, UK, and the EU. During the same days, some 300 people, most of them civilians, were murdered in Moura, Mali, allegedly by the Malian army and Russian mercenaries, in an anti-jihadist offensive.1 This massacre received, however, lit…

[…] About the Authors sandro colombo started his career as epidemiologist in Torino, in Benedetto Terracini’s unit. He moved to Mozambique in the mid 1980s and, since then, he has been working abroad for a variety of agencies: the UN (WHO and UNCHR), the EU, and several NGO, mainly in conflict-affected Countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, S […]