Patients have been killed in their beds; health workers have been attacked as they rescued the wounded. A hospital is where the most vulnerable, the sick and injured, gather in times of war. Attacks against medical facilities and health workers, whether deliberate or indiscriminate, are part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive people of health services, often when they need them the most.
Testimonies from patients and medical staff in the Donetsk region
“People are extremely anxious; they just don’t know what the next months hold.”
‘Double victims’ – in conflict zones, people with HIV are twice as vulnerable
Violent attacks against MSF threaten the supply of humanitarian assistance
Population and MSF staff still under threat six months after deadly attacks
Looking back on 10 days of violence in Bangui
Research & Analysis
MSF President to UN Security Council: “Stop these attacks”
Attacks on medical missions: overview of a polymorphous reality: the case of Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF urges Syrian government and its allies to stop indiscriminate bombing in Aleppo