Increasing violence poses a threat not only to health care workers and others in the direct range of assailants, but also the wider population needing access to treatment, notes the report, which documents these lesser-discussed consequences of violence, including increased disease transmission, illness, and mortality.įor instance, six countries have seen an increase in attacks against immunization teams addressing critical outbreaks of Ebola and polio, the report notes. This year’s report, “Impunity Remains: Attacks on Health Care in 23 Countries in Conflict in 2018”, documents the various attacks on health workers and facilities that have disrupted efforts to curb global disease outbreaks. The numbers mark an increase from the 701 documented attacks of 2017 and is the second year in a row with such an increase. ![]() The attacks resulted in 167 deaths and 710 injuries, according to the sixth annual Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition report. At least 973 attacks on health workers, health facilities, health transport vehicles and patients took place in 23 conflict-ridden countries during 2018. Health care workers in conflict zones are frequent targets of crisis-related violence, and the dangers they face are on the rise.
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