Attachments
REPORTED INCIDENTS AND MOST COMMONLY REPORTED CONCERNS
27
REPORTED INCIDENTS
16
HEALTH SUPPLIES LOOTED
OVERVIEW
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 27 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2022, compared to 107 in 2021. It is unclear whether this shows a decline in violence or increased difficulties in reporting such incidents. In 2022, health supplies were looted or stolen, undermining health care providers’ ability to stock health facilities with the necessary supplies. This factsheet is based on the dataset 2022 SHCC Health Care CAR Data, which is available for download on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX).
THE CONTEXT
Armed violence by non-state armed groups, including Anti-Balaka and the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), continued to affect health workers and supplies, undermining health care delivery in the CAR. The growing presence of private military companies (PMCs), including the Russian-government-linked Wagner Group, impacted health care. As a result of insecurity, in 2022 services and access to health care continued to deteriorate, increasing the number of civilians with unmet health care needs to 2.8 million by the end of the year.