Impacts of attacks to female health care workers in three territories of Colombia
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Attacks on healthcare
Attacks against healthcare in armed conflict, including violence, access constraints, and insecurity, represent a major threat to health. Gathering evidence about the attacks themselves has and continues to be crucial in raising awareness of this issue. This article collection will bring together research articles, reviews, short reports and case studies, that provide insight into the impact of attacks on healthcare.
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Karl Blanchet
Karl Blanchet is the Director of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies and Professor in Humanitarian Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva. He worked in health systems research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 2010 and was the co-founder and co-Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre. His research focuses on system resilience and health systems issues in global health, specifically in post-conflict and conflict-affected countries.
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Richard Sullivan
Professor Richard Sullivan's research group studies health systems, particular NCD policy and the impact of conflict on health. He is Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King’s College London, and Director of the Institute of Cancer Policy (ICP) and co-Director of the Conflict and Health Research Group. He is an NCD advisor to the WHO, civil-military advisor to Save the Children, and a member of the National Cancer Grid of India His research focuses on global cancer policy and planning, and health systems strengthening, particularly conflict ecosystems.
Articles (17 in this collection)
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‘Nowhere and no one is safe’: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023
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War and education: the attacks on medical schools amidst ongoing armed conflict, Sudan 2023
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Attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities during the first year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? a public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late
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“There is a fear that you will be attacked just for the act of working in health”: a survey of experiences of violence against healthcare in Colombia
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“Actually, the psychological wounds are more difficult than physical injuries:” a qualitative analysis of the impacts of attacks on health on the personal and professional lives of health workers in the Syrian conflict
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Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Healthcare workers’ experiences of workplace violence: a qualitative study in Lebanon
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Destruction, disruption and disaster: Sudan’s health system amidst armed conflict
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Underestimating attacks: comparing two sources of publicly-available data about attacks on health care in 2017
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Violence against healthcare in conflict: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research
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