This research is a joint undertaking among organisations based both inside and outside Ukraine – eyeWitness, Insecurity Insight, the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and the Ukrainian Healthcare Center (UHC), each of which shares an interest in ensuring the protection of health care in conflict and in ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). As organisations with presence in Ukraine, both UHC and MIHR served as the initial point of contact with Ukrainian health care professionals.
The report that came out of this research, shows 10 case studies on the impact on Ukraine’s health care facilities, infrastructure, and workers, and that the apparent targeting of the health care system is carried out through a variety of means, including: (1) attacks on health care facilities, (2) attacks on ambulances, (3) destruction of critical health infrastructure and theft of supplies – as pharmacies, and blood centers, and (4) assaults, torture, and ill-treatment of health workers, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics.
Read the report here.