A new report from the World Health Organization says nearly 1,000 health care workers have been killed and more than 1,500 wounded in 19 countries with emergencies and that many of the incidents were intentional.
This first effort to consolidate and analyze data on attacks on health care in emergency settings around the world sheds light on the severity and frequency of the problem. The findings show widespread violations of international humanitarian law, which, if proven, could amount to war crimes.
Rick Brennan, director of the WHO’s Department of Emergency and Risk Management, said the figures presented in the report are startling. …read more
Source: Voice of America
