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.
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The fear is constant
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The feeling of powerlessness is excruciating, but I cannot abandon my people
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Looming medical crisis in Pibor following devastating violence and looting of MSF medical compound
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Fear, worry but also relief; a week of extraordinary violence and courage in Pibor
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Crisis update – 3 March 2016
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MSF condemns outrageous attack in UN protection site in Malakal
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Practising medicine under fire
Research & Analysis
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The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan
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MSF President to UN Security Council: “Stop these attacks”
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Saving Lives and Staying Alive
Attacks on medical missions: overview of a polymorphous reality: the case of Médecins Sans Frontières
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MSF urges Syrian government and its allies to stop indiscriminate bombing in Aleppo
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