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Map of health worker killings

Fatal Attacks on Health-Care Workers Doubled in 2023

by Allison Krugman

Amid a rise in global conflict, a new report shows that health-care workers are being killed at alarming rates

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Health-care Attacks in Myanmar

In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground

by Allison Krugman

Three years after a military coup, attacks against health care in Myanmar have reached a tipping point

malaria tests
Governance

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Up 1,000 Percent in Myanmar

Civil conflict and disease compound in the eastern border regions

Ukrainian paramedics take cover in the woods as air raid sirens go off again following an attack on the Yavoriv military base, outside a hospital in Yavoriv, Ukraine, during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on March 13, 2022.
Governance

Ukraine: A Turning Point for Attacks on Health

by Leonard S. Rubenstein, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin

Accountability is overdue for wartime atrocities in Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Gaza, Myanmar, and now Ukraine

A man stands in front of a burning barricade during a protest against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on July 22, 2021.
Governance

Pandemic Protests: When Unrest and Instability Go Viral

by Samantha Kiernan, Bayan Galal, Serena Tohme, Thomas J. Bollyky

Ensuring health security is essential for maintaining national security

A girl from a migrant worker family that came to Thailand from Myanmar and lost their jobs due to COVID-19, lines up for free food in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a small girl wearing a facemask looking at the camera. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Migration

In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters

by Titiporn Tuangratananon, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Swee Kheng Khor

National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus

A Buddhist monk adjusts his protective face mask before a blessing ceremony for the people affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 22, 2020. This is a striking image with the monk in the foreground and some very colourful Buddhist temple features in the background. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Governance

Why is Southeast Asia Responding Differently to COVID-19?

by Swee Kheng Khor

Fundamental differences and objectives between nation states in Southeast Asia influence their responses to COVID-19