Attacks on Health Care in Emergency Settings: What is the Extent of the Problem, Based on Open Source Data from 2014 to 2015?
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DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x17002175
Abstract: Study/Objective: The objective of the study was to document the extent and the nature of the problem of attacks on health care workers, health care facilities and patients by consolidating and analyzing the data available… read more here.
Keywords: health care; extent; attacks health; health ... See more keywords
Terrorist Attacks against Health Care Targets that Provide Abortion Services.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x23000341
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Terrorist attacks against hospitals and health care providers have disproportionally increased during the last decades. A significant proportion of these attacks targeted abortion clinics and abortion providers. In the light of the overturning of… read more here.
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Determining the scope of attacks on health in four governorates of Syria in 2016: Results of a field surveillance program
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002559
Abstract: Background Violent attacks on and interferences with hospitals, ambulances, health workers, and patients during conflict destroy vital health services during a time when they are most needed and undermine the long-term capacity of the health… read more here.
Keywords: health facilities; field; data collection; attacks health ... See more keywords
Documenting attacks on health workers and facilities in armed conflicts
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DOI: 10.2471/blt.15.168328
Abstract: During armed conflicts, international humanitarian law (which regulates the conduct of parties engaged in war) protects health-care workers and health facilities, the wounded and the sick. In the first half of 2016, however, the international… read more here.
Keywords: research; armed conflicts; health workers; attacks health ... See more keywords