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A Colleague Lost, and the Unknown Devastation of Attacks on Health Care

Friday, June 10, 2016

We know very little about what happened to Sister Veronika Rackova, a physician and Catholic nun who was loved by her community in Yei, South Sudan. We know that someone shot at Sister Veronika’s ambulance and she died four days later. She was one of more than a thousand people killed in the last 15 months as a result of attacks on health care.

Attacks On School And Hospitals In Syria Leave Dozens Of Civilians Dead

Monday, February 15, 2016

About 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical centers and two schools in rebel-held Syrian towns. The carnage occurred as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.

Inside The Last Refuge For Afghanistan's War Wounded

Friday, February 19, 2016

After a US airstrike in October destroyed an MSF hospital in Kunduz—the only trauma center like it in the country’s north—Afghans like Burhanuddin now have to travel 200 miles to receive life-saving treatment. The journey takes hours, sometimes days by car.

Bodies Found After Ebola Health Care Workers Go Missing in Guinea

Thursday, September 18, 2014

A spokesman for the government in Guinea said on Thursday that eight bodies were found two days after a group of health workers and journalists went missing in the country. The journalists and officials came under attack near the southern city of Nzerekore, close to the Liberian border. One journalist was able to escape and later told reporters that she could hear villagers looking for her. The Associated Press said that the group "was doing disinfection and education on prevention methods" when it went missing.

Medical Crisis in Gaza: Scared Doctors, Crowded Wards and Traumatized Patients

Sunday, August 3, 2014

More than three weeks of conflict between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza have left over 1,700 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead, while Gaza's Ministry of Health says more than 9,000 Palestinians are wounded. Gaza's hospitals are struggling to cope with the large number of casualties.

Medical Care Under Threat in 2013

Monday, December 30, 2013

In Bahrain, two nurses and a doctor remain imprisoned during the holidays simply for doing their job: treating the injured during the government crackdown. Turkey is considering a bill that seeks to criminalize emergency medical care -- the latest example of the government trying to intimidate doctors for caring for those injured in last summer's protests.