In Nicaragua and El Salvador, only 20 per cent of the children needing new limbs received them. In most wars, hospitals and other health services come under attack. In Mozambique, between 1982 and 1990, about 70 per cent of health units were looted or forced to close down and the remainder were difficult to reach. Children suffer from this for several reasons, but the most dangerous result is that vaccination programmes are disrupted. Food supplies are disrupted during war for many reasons.
Farmers become fearful of working their land due to landmines and warfare.
Water systems are destroyed during war and crops cannot be properly watered. Crops are often destroyed. This creates health problems for young children who rely on milk as part of their diet. Warring groups often block food supplies into certain regions. They keep the food for their own use and it never reaches the children.