2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on health care workers

Rescuers remove rubble at the maternity ward of the Vilniansk Multidisciplinary Hospital in Ukraine, one of the countries experiencing an increase in violence against health care workers.

A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: “a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar.”

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Diane Cole