Impunity Remains: Attacks on Health Care in 23 Countries in Conflict (2018)

Source: Safeguarding Health in Conflict. Published: 5/15/2019. In 2018, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documented 973 attacks on health care in 23 countries in conflict, which are discussed in this 35-page report. The report documents attacks against vaccination workers, paramedics, nurses, doctors, midwives, patients, community volunteers, and drivers and guards, in violation of longstanding human rights and humanitarian law norms to protect and respect health care in conflict. It discusses violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which posed a great threat to containing the spread of the Ebola virus disease. (PDF)
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