Health Workers

Despite Threats, Thousands Join Anti-Polio Drive in Pakistan, a Last Bastion of the Disease

Monday, February 15, 2016

More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to eliminate the polio virus this year from one of its last bastions, despite continuing militant threats to vaccination teams.Pakistan accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's cases of polio, a virus that can cause lifelong paralysis and is now endemic in only two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan

2015 Marks Worst Year for Attacks on Hospitals in Syria

Friday, December 18, 2015

This year has been the worst on record for attacks on medical facilities in Syria, with government forces responsible for most of the 112 attacks.

Doctors Caught in the Crossfire in Northern Afghanistan

Monday, September 28, 2015

Heavy fighting between government militia and the Taliban in Northern Afghanistan has increased demand for doctors—and death threats.

Darfur: UN Humanitarian Officials Deplore Fatal Attack on Health Workers

Thursday, September 24, 2015

United Nations humanitarian officials in Sudan have strongly condemned an attack carried out against health workers who were returning from a routine mission in West Darfur.

Syrian Government Forces Pound Health Care System in Idlib

Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Syrian government kept up its assault on the health care system in August, which saw an unprecedented number of attacks on medical facilities in a four-day period, as well as the highest number of medical personnel killed in the last ten months.

A First Responder on the Front Lines of the Yemen Humanitarian Crisis

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Doa’a, a health worker, struggles to save her people—and to survive.

ICRC mobile surgical teams: Bringing emergency medical care across South Sudan

Friday, August 14, 2015

In June and July this year the ICRC Mobile Surgical Teams (MST) performed more than 600 emergency surgeries in South Sudan and over 6,000 since the beginning of the crisis in December 2013.

Syrian Government Continues to Destroy Domestic Health Care Infrastructure with Banned Bombs

Thursday, July 16, 2015

On July 1, 2015, government forces bombed medical facilities in the south of Syria, closing down four hospitals and killing one medical worker. Since 2011, there have been 271 attacks on medical facilities, which killed 633 aid workers.

Syria: Airstrikes Hit Nine Hospitals Over Four Days in Idlib Province

Friday, August 14, 2015

Airstrikes hit or landed near nine hospitals in Idlib province from August 7 to 10, including three hospitals supported by MSF. Eleven people were killed in the strikes, including three hospital staff members and one patient.

World Humanitarian Day: WHO honours health workers, calls for their protection

Friday, August 14, 2015

Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, WHO is drawing attention to continued attacks on health staff and health facilities. In 2014 alone, WHO received reports of 372 attacks in 32 countries on health workers, resulting in 603 deaths and 958 injuries, while similar incidents have been recorded this year.

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