School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Regional Knowledge Hub, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2014 Feb 22;2(2):65-7. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.16. eCollection 2014 Feb.
War has devastating implications for families, communities, cultures, economies, and state infrastructure. Similarly, the last decade has seen an increase in the number of attacks against health workers in conflict zones and unstable environments. Unfortunately, these attacks have grave consequences for local populations which often rely on foreign aid programs for their health and well-being. As such, this paper will examine why aid-workers have increasingly been targeted for abductions, ambushes, assassinations, and various forms of intimidation. Furthermore, examples of terminated health programs, as well as populations served by current medical and humanitarian interventions, will be provided to impart a sense of magnitude and importance of health programs to the reader. Lastly, suggestions will be presented which could serve to minimize aid-workers' risk and exposure to acts of violence in the field.
战争对家庭、社区、文化、经济和国家基础设施都有毁灭性的影响。同样，在过去十年中，冲突地区和不稳定环境中袭击卫生工作者的事件有所增加。不幸的是，这些袭击对当地民众造成了严重的后果，因为他们的健康和福祉往往依赖于外国援助计划。因此，本文将探讨为什么援助工作者越来越成为绑架、伏击、暗杀和各种形式的恐吓的目标。此外，还将提供已终止的卫生项目的实例，以及目前医疗和人道主义干预所服务的人群，以使读者了解卫生项目的规模和重要性。最后，将提出一些建议，以尽量减少援助工作者在实地面临的暴力行为的风险和暴露。
