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Violence Against Healthcare in Conflict: 2025 Report
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An annual report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition assesses attacks on healthcare facilities and workers in conflict. In this episode: the implications for international humanitarian law as drone warfare surges, state forces increasingly perpetrate attacks, and cuts to foreign aid exacerbate healthcare gaps.
Guest:Joe Amon, PhD, MSPH, is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights.
Host:Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. He served as the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health from 2005 to 2009.
Show links and related content:-
Care in the Crosshairs: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2025—Safeguarding Health in Conflict
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Rethinking Humanitarian Health—Public Health On Call (May 2026)
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Violence Against Health Care in Conflict: 2024 Report—Public Health On Call (June 2025)
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