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View article: Healthcare under fire: quantifying the impact of violence on medical services in facilities supported by International Medical Corps in three prefectures of Central African Republic, 2016–2020
Healthcare under fire: quantifying the impact of violence on medical services in facilities supported by International Medical Corps in three prefectures of Central African Republic, 2016–2020 Open
View article: What works and who knows? The importance of community and health worker perspectives in defining solutions to attacks on healthcare
What works and who knows? The importance of community and health worker perspectives in defining solutions to attacks on healthcare Open
View article: Safeguarding healthcare workers in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine
Safeguarding healthcare workers in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine Open
View article: “I will take part in the revolution with our people”: a qualitative study of healthcare workers’ experiences of violence and resistance after the 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat
“I will take part in the revolution with our people”: a qualitative study of healthcare workers’ experiences of violence and resistance after the 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat Open
Background In Myanmar, ongoing conflict since the 2021 military coup d’etat has been characterized by targeted violence against health workers (HWs), particularly those participating in the pro-democracy movement. Existing knowledge about …
View article: “I will take part in the revolution with our people”: A qualitative study of healthcare workers' experiences of violence and resistance after the 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat
“I will take part in the revolution with our people”: A qualitative study of healthcare workers' experiences of violence and resistance after the 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat Open
Background In Myanmar, ongoing conflict since the 2021 military coup d’etat has been characterized by targeted violence against health workers (HWs), particularly those participating in the pro-democracy movement. Existing knowledge about …
View article: Correction: Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? A public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late
Correction: Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? A public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late Open
View article: Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? a public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late
Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? a public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late Open
The scale of attacks on healthcare has become more visible and its impact greater in recent armed conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar. In these conflicts, combatants systematically target health facilities and ambulances. We need to en…
View article: Problematising Medical Data in Humanitarian Response
Problematising Medical Data in Humanitarian Response Open
This paper assesses the influence of the humanitarian innovation agenda on the aid sector, particularly medical humanitarian actors’ increasing reliance on digital technologies. Pressure to innovate arises from the belief that technologica…
View article: Blurred Lines or Spatial Clustering? Assessing the Association between Peacekeeping Presence and Attacks against Humanitarians in Darfur
Blurred Lines or Spatial Clustering? Assessing the Association between Peacekeeping Presence and Attacks against Humanitarians in Darfur Open
A prominent explanation of the rising attacks on aid workers is that aid workers in proximity to peacekeepers or soldiers of an intervention force are seen to be associated with them. This article leverages high-quality, disaggregated data…
View article: Underestimating attacks: comparing two sources of publicly-available data about attacks on health care in 2017
Underestimating attacks: comparing two sources of publicly-available data about attacks on health care in 2017 Open
Background Attacks on health care represent an area of growing international concern. Publicly available data are important in documenting attacks, and are often the only easily accessible data source. Data collection processes about attac…
View article: Governing Data: Relationships, Trust & Ethics in Leveraging Data & Technology in Service of Humanitarian Health Delivery
Governing Data: Relationships, Trust & Ethics in Leveraging Data & Technology in Service of Humanitarian Health Delivery Open
Across the humanitarian sector, “data”permeate and inform responses to violence, disaster, and health-related crises. Delivering health care in humanitarian emergencies or conflict contexts requires many types of data: numbers and narrativ…
View article: Using Data to Create Change? Interrogating the Role of Data in Ending Attacks on Healthcare
Using Data to Create Change? Interrogating the Role of Data in Ending Attacks on Healthcare Open
This article explores the non-straightforward role of data about attacks on health in creating policy and normative change to safeguard access to healthcare and protect healthcare providers in conflict. Acknowledging the importance of data…
View article: Violence against healthcare in conflict: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research
Violence against healthcare in conflict: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research Open
View article: Securitization
Securitization Open