2019•Conflict and HealthOpen access
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, C B Andersen, Siri Aas Rustad, Andrew E. Yaw Tchie, Robert Mood, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Henrik Urdal, Andrea Sylvia Winkler
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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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