Citation

Druce P, Bogatyreva E, Siem FF, Gates S, Kaade H, Sundby J, Rostrup M, Andersen C, Rustad SCA, Tchie A, Mood R, Nygård HM, Urdal H, Winkler AS. Confl. Health 2019; 13: e2.

Affiliation

Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13031-019-0186-0

PMID

31568540

PMCID

PMC6350312

Abstract

The escalation of conflict in the Middle East coincides with an emerging trend of attacks on healthcare. Protection of health personnel, health services and humanitarian workers is no longer respected. This compromises the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 - towards health for all, and 16 - towards justice and peace. The Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo, the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Norwegian Red Cross co-organised a meeting exploring how conflict impacts health systems and potential solutions to protect and maintain health care services.

© The Author(s). 2019.

Language: en

Keywords

Conflict; Health; Health services; Sustainable development goal; Syria; War