Attacks against health care in Syria, 2015–16: results from a real-time reporting tool

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10109, 2017, Pages 2278-2286

  Elamein, Mohamed ^a   Bower, Hilary ^b   Valderrama, Camilo ^a   Zedan, Daher ^c   Rihawi, Hazem ^d   Almilaji, Khaled ^e   Abdelhafeez, Mohammed ^f   Tabbal, Nabil ^g   Almhawish, Naser ^h   Maes, Sophie ^a   AbouZeid, Alaa ^a,i  

^a WHO Gaziantep Field Office   (Turkey)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations   (Turkey)

^d Syrian American Medical Society   (Turkey)

^e Canadian International Medical Relief Organization   (Turkey)

^f Information Management and Mine Action Programs   (Turkey)

^g SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^h Assistance Coordination Unit   (Turkey)

ⁱ CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMBULANCE; ANONYMISED DATA; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OFFENDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TRIANGULATION; VIOLENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (BIRD); WARFARE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYRIA; TURKEY; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

EID: 85020430106     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31328-4     Document Type: Article

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