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Child Rights Organizations Welcome UN Secretary - General’s 2017 List of Perpetrators of Grave Violations against Children

Friday, October 6, 2017

The UN Secretary-General’s annual report names 64 perpetrators for abuse and exploitation of children in conflict, including the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition in Yemen. Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition member Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has documented violations in Yemen by the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition, including attacks on hospitals and their impact on children's health.

Statement for World Humanitarian Day on the Protection of Humanitarian Action

Friday, August 18, 2017

Many humanitarian aid workers risk their lives to help others. Humanitarian aid organizations, UN member states, and the UN Security Council should take these immediate actions to protect them. Read this statement by the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA).

Name and shame countries that do not protect doctors in war, expert tells UN

Thursday, August 17, 2017

The United Nations should name and shame countries that fail to protect health workers in war zones, said aid expert Len Rubenstein (the chair of our coalition).

International Red Cross Movement strongly condemns killing of Red Cross volunteers

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

The six Red Cross volunteers were taking part in a crisis meeting at a health facility in the south east of the Central African Republic on August 3, 2017. The exact circumstances are not yet clear; however, reports indicate that civilians and medical staff may also have been killed.

Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen

Monday, August 14, 2017

As the number of cholera cases in Yemen reaches half a million, the collapsing health system is struggling to cope. Half of all health facilities in the country are closed, shortages in medicines and supplies are widespread, and 30,000 critical health workers have not been paid salaries in nearly a year.

Staying alive: WhatsApp finds new uses in conflict zones

Friday, August 4, 2017

A new digital instant messaging tool that relies on WhatsApp and developed by the WHO is designed to detect, verify, and log attacks on health facilities, health workers, and patients.The tool was piloted in Syria and is being deployed in Jordan and Pakistan.

WHO readies to launch online database tracking health worker attacks

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

A new, interactive database built by the World Health Organization will soon shine a spotlight on the extent of violence against health care workers and the risks they are facing in some of the world’s toughest places to deliver aid. Photo by: U.S. Mission Geneva / CC BY-ND

Power outages, restrictions on movement and imports bringing Gaza health sector ‘to its knees’, warns WHO

Monday, July 17, 2017

Electricity cuts and continued shortages of medicines and medical supplies in the Gaza Strip are severely restricting the access of 2 million people to critical medical care, the WHO has warned. At least 30 hospitals, 70 primary health care centres and a blood blank are at risk of full or partial closure due to continued power outages and not enough fuel or spare parts for back-up generators.

MSF reopens first Kunduz clinic since deadly hospital air strike in 2015

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reopened a small medical clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Saturday, their first facility there since the American airstrikes that destroyed a hospital in 2015.

Dozens Killed In Taliban Suicide Car Bombing In Kabul

Monday, July 24, 2017

Afghan presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi said the Taliban killed 35 people in an attack on a hospital in Ghor's Taywara district over the weekend.

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