Epidemic of Violence: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2024
In 2024, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) documented 3,623 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in conflicts across 36 countries or territories—the highest number ever recorded by the SHCC, representing a 15% increase from 2023 and a 62% rise from 2022.
Read the full report here.
Individual factsheets are available for 23 countries profiled in the report at the links below:
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- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- CAR
- Colombia
- DRC
- Ethiopia
- Haiti
- India (Manipur)
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Mexico
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Niger
- Nigeria
- OPT
- Pakistan
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Ukraine
- Yemen
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Critical Condition: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2023
In 2023, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) documented 2,562 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in conflicts across 30 countries or regions within countries, or territories—over 500 more than in 2022, which constitutes a 25% increase
Read the full report here.
Individual factsheets are available for 16 countries profiled in the report at the links below:
English:
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- CAR
- DRC
- Iran
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Nigeria
- OPT
- Pakistan
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Ukraine
- Yemen
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Ignoring Red Lines: Violence Against Healthcare in Conflict 2022
The SHCC released its tenth annual report, documenting the global incidence of attacks and threats against health workers. Incidents increased by 45% in 2022 compared to 2021 and marked the highest annual number of incidents that the SHCC has recorded since it began tracking such violence.
Read the full report here.
Individual factsheets are available for 16 countries profiled in the report at the links below:
English:
- Afghanistan (English)
- Burkina Faso (English)
- Cameroon (English)
- CAR (English)
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (English)
- Iran (English)
- Mali (English)
- Myanmar (English)
- Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) (English)
- Nigeria (English)
- Pakistan (English)
- South Sudan (English)
- Sudan (English)
- Syria (English)
- Ukraine (English)
- Yemen (English)
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Unrelenting Violence:
Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2021
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2014-2020 Reports
- No Respite: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2020
- Health Workers at Risk: Violence Against Health Care 2019
- Impunity Remains: Attacks on Health Care in 23 Countries in Conflict 2018
- Violence on the Front Line: Attacks on Health Care in 2017
- No Protection, No Respect: Health Workers and Health Facilities Under Attack in 2015 and Early 2016
- Attacks on Health: 2015 Global Report
- Under Attack: Violence Against Health Workers, Patients and Facilities (2014)