BMJ 1999;319:450 ( 14 August )

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Number of land mine victims in Kosovo is high

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EDITOR---On 9 June 1999, the governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of the Republic of Serbia signed a military technical agreement with the NATO-led international security force (KFOR) concerning the situation in Kosovo. During the following four weeks more than 650 000 Kosovar refugees returned home. The number of people with fatal and non-fatal injuries caused by antipersonnel mines needs to be determined to plan mine awareness and demining campaigns accordingly.

On 7-14 July 1999, the World Health Organisation conducted an assessment to determine the number of people with mine injuries in Kosovo since 13 June; the circumstances in which the injuries occur; and the additional burden that their consequences impose on Kosovo's health system. Data were collected in Kosovo's six hospitals and from the database maintained by NATO forces in Kosovo. The additional number of fatalities and light injuries was estimated on the basis of interviews with the patients.

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