Conflict and Health (Jan 2019)

Approaches to protect and maintain health care services in armed conflict – meeting SDGs 3 and 16

  • Philippa Druce,
  • Ekaterina Bogatyreva,
  • Frederik Francois Siem,
  • Scott Gates,
  • Hanna Kaade,
  • Johanne Sundby,
  • Morten Rostrup,
  • Catherine Andersen,
  • Siri Camilla Aas Rustad,
  • Andrew Tchie,
  • Robert Mood,
  • Håvard Mokleiv Nygård,
  • Henrik Urdal,
  • Andrea Sylvia Winkler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-019-0186-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract The escalation of conflict in the Middle East coincides with an emerging trend of attacks on healthcare. Protection of health personnel, health services and humanitarian workers is no longer respected. This compromises the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 – towards health for all, and 16 – towards justice and peace. The Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo, the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Norwegian Red Cross co-organised a meeting exploring how conflict impacts health systems and potential solutions to protect and maintain health care services.

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