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HUMAN RIGHTS Volume 351:735-738 August 19, 2004 Number 8 Next

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In the desperate and urgent debate about what to do next in Darfur, Sudan (see map) — where a regional conflict has forced 1.3 million people from their homes and killed at least 30,000 people outright — the fragility of the humanitarian response and the nature of genocide are core themes. Professionals in medicine and public health have much to add to our understanding of both of these issues, most crucially because of our skills in using data to describe patterns of suffering and death in large populations.

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From the Program on Humanitarian Crises and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

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