Terrorism against healthcare facilities and workers in Africa: An assessment of attack modes, targets and locations

IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS African Security Review Pub Date : 2023-06-04 DOI:10.1080/10246029.2023.2213220
Ryan Shaffer, János Besenyő
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ABSTRACT This article analyses nearly 600 terrorist attacks against healthcare facilities and workers in Africa between 1974 and 2021. It demonstrates there has been a notable increase in the number of terrorist attacks on these targets and explores the different attack modes, targets, and locations. The article describes how the attacks have transformed over the last nearly fifty years, becoming increasingly lethal. Consequently, it calls for scholars, the healthcare sector, governments, and international groups in Africa to recognise these trends and improve counter-measures for preventing and mitigating healthcare facility and worker attacks.
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针对非洲医疗设施和工作人员的恐怖主义:对攻击方式、目标和地点的评估
摘要本文分析了1974年至2021年间,非洲近600起针对医疗机构和工作人员的恐怖袭击。它表明,针对这些目标的恐怖袭击数量显著增加,并探讨了不同的袭击模式、目标和地点。这篇文章描述了在过去的近五十年里,这些袭击是如何发生变化的,变得越来越致命。因此,它呼吁非洲的学者、医疗保健部门、政府和国际团体认识到这些趋势,并改进预防和减轻医疗机构和工人袭击的应对措施。
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