1,940 healthcare attacks in Ukraine, WHO's highest recorded rate in a humanitarian emergency.

1,940 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine have been confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the war with Russia began in February 2022, making it the highest number of attacks in any humanitarian emergency the organization has ever recorded. The majority of these attacks targeted healthcare facilities, often with heavy weapons, causing 34 healthcare worker and patient deaths and injuring 229 people this year alone. This is the highest rate of attacks on healthcare facilities WHO has ever recorded in any humanitarian emergency globally.

August 19, 2024
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