Universal Healthcare Coverage by 2030? But Are We Forgetting Something?
Friday, October 9, 2015
Violence against health care facilities and health workers is one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian—and global health—issues today.
The US military’s bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last weekend illustrates the vulnerability of health care facilities and health workers during armed conflict and the all too common violation of international law. With the recent Post 2015 Agenda introduced in New York in the form of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets, we must ensure that the safety and protection of health workers are included in the Health Goal : SDG 3.