Health Care in Danger: A Sixteen-Country Study
Language:
English
Publisher:
International Committee of the Red Cross
Copyright:
2011
Pages:
19
Description:
Thousands of wounded and sick people can be denied effective health care when hospitals are damaged by explosive weapons or forcibly entered by fighters, when ambulances are hijacked and when health-care personnel are threatened, kidnapped, injured or killed. This study is based on an analysis of reports collected over a two and- a-half year period describing 655 violent incidents affecting health care in 16 countries. [from summary]
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