Attacks on health care during war are becoming more common, creating devastating ripple effects
- Written by Esperanza Martinez, Professor of Practice and Head of Health and Human Security, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities “must not become the norm”.
Yet reports from wars across the world frequently show hospitals being bombed and health workers being attacked.
The increased use of explosive weapons in densely...





