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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Ambulance drivers' lives at stake as they struggle to respond to bombing in Ghouta
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Doctors strive to cope with shelling in East Ghouta besieged areas
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Medics struggling against the odds under bombardment in besieged enclaves
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‘The suffering of the people is fuelling the armed conflict in CAR’
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Healthcare on the frontline
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Thousands trapped in eastern Ukraine: MSF calls for safety of civilians and respect for medical facilities
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Gallery: MSF's support in Donetsk
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MSF assists people fleeing violence and increases medical capacity in case of electoral violence
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Occupied Minds: Looking for hope
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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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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