At the Oscars, a Spotlight on Health Care in the Midst of Violence
In Karama Has No Walls, we see health workers risk their lives to care for the wounded. It happens more often than you might think.
A Timbuktu Doctor on the Horrors of Providing Care under Jihadist Occupation
When Islamist militants came to town, Dr. Ibrahim Maiga had no choice but to make a deal.
Northern Mali's Nursing Students Are Learning Fast—Because They Must
Mali is currently experiencing the most severe crisis of its existence.
UNACCEPTABLE: Health Workers as Pawns of Warfare
Last week, NPR ran a story that made me cringe, describing a major humanitarian group’s decision to stop treating patients from detention centers in Misrata, Libya. According to the report, “torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation.”
Finally, a Major Step Forward in Protecting Health Workers and Facilities
Despite firm standards rooted in the Geneva Conventions to protect health facilities, health workers, and the patients served during armed conflict, and to enable health professionals to act consistently with their ethical obligations, assaults on and interference with health functions are all too common in war.
Where is the Evidence on Building Sustainable Health Systems in a World of Unrest?
Civil unrest is spreading quicker than a pandemic across the Middle East and North Africa. How will these events affect people’s health and the health systems in these countries?
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