Measurement of attacks and interferences with health care in conflict: Validation of an incident reporting tool for attacks on and interferences with health care in eastern Burma

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Haar, Rohini J ^a   Footer, Katherine H A ^b   Singh, Sonal ^b   Sherman, Susan G ^b   Branchini, Casey ^b   Sclar, Joshua ^b   Clouse, Emily ^b   Rubenstein, Leonard S ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attacks on healthcare; Conflict; Health and human rights; Health protection; Health workers; Humanitarian law; Medicine; Safeguarding health; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920766689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-23     Document Type: Article

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