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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Report documents war wounded and war dead in MSF-supported medical facilities in Syria
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At least 11 killed in another MSF-supported hospital attack in Idlib province
![Ahmed, Pharmacy Manager Ahmed, Pharmacy Manager](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/w66sn56yqf681guhb8o8m2u05ro3en8i.jpg)
“Our own staff have had to gather their families and flee”
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Health system close to collapse in war-torn Azaz district
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So close to front lines, these people – families with children and elderly people – might be in danger
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MSF-supported hospital hit by airstrikes
![Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack. Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2ruo7r53y5v44p3p4pf5m3m1ohf0e654.jpg)
“I’d never before seen the level of casualties I saw in Saada. The scale of wounded was extreme.”
![Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack. Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/770fgc8v0yym7ba0s3pc55qk28umwe37.jpg)
"They didn’t realise that the missile had hit the hospital itself."
![Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack. Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2ruo7r53y5v44p3p4pf5m3m1ohf0e654.jpg)
Health facilities under attack - MSF wants answers
Research & Analysis
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The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan
![Dr Joanne Liu at UNSC meeting Dr Joanne Liu at UNSC meeting](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/7y2u8e275l3a8uhb5356jb157m24le0s.jpg)
MSF President to UN Security Council: “Stop these attacks”
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Kunduz, Afghanistan, 36°43’4.91’’N, 68°51’43.96’’
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 releases detailed documentation of attacks on two medical facilities ahead of UNSC closed session on protection of medical mission
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MSF urges Syrian government and its allies to stop indiscriminate bombing in Aleppo
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