![]() Key words: Child, abandoned child abuse public policies child health services armed conflicts vulnerable groups family relations population at risk community health planning Mexico. For two of these problems, the General Law of Victims offers solutions. However, the General Law for Victims was recently passed by the Government of Mexico and addresses many of the challenges identified.ĬONCLUSIONS: When compared to the international frameworks, there are three major issues in Mexico's current situation: coordination among and within stakeholders emphasis on using community solutions and putting in place preventive programs. Stakeholders recommend improving public policies, currently identified as the most difficult barrier to overcome due to a perceived inability to modify existing laws. The increase, they believe, is due not to the drug war, but to a loss of family cohesion. Although most of the interviewees perceive that the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) has increased in the last 6 years, they acknowledged there is no reliable data to prove it. An official, collective definition is important because it modifies the quantity of children categorized as such within the target population. ![]() RESULTS: No official definition of "orphan" was identified nor was there a shared perception among the key informants of what constitutes being an orphan. Participants were identified with a purposive snowball sample. Semi-structured interviews were performed with key informants at the federal, state, and municipal government levels in Mexico, as well as non-governmental organizations, and other institutes working with orphans. METHODS: This was an exploratory, descriptive case study using qualitative methods. Send correspondence to Salvador Camacho, To describe how the Government of Mexico and other direct stakeholders perceive children orphaned by the drug war to determine the current measures addressing this as a public health problem and to compare these measures to international frameworks so that relevant recommendations can be identified. ![]() Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Salvador Camacho Olaf Horstick Sylvia Sax Huérfanos víctimas de la lucha contra el narcotráfico en México: apreciaciones sobre un reto en materia de salud pública Orphans of the Mexican drug war: insights on a public health challenge ![]()
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