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355 Reported Attacks and Threats to Health Care During First Ten Months of Myanmar Military’s Crackdown
Military arrested more health workers in November than in any month since the coup; Clinics increasingly subjected to artillery and arson attacks.
At least 355 attacks and threats against health workers, facilities, and transports in Myanmar were perpetrated during the first ten months of the country’s coup and crackdown (February 1 to November 30, 2021), according to a new analysis based on open-source reports compiled by Insecurity Insight, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Public Health and Human Rights (CPHHR).
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SHCC Attacks on Health Care
The section aligns with the definition of attacks on health care used by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC).
Africa
Burkina Faso
04 December 2021: In Tin-Akoff department, Oudalan province, Sahel region, a health worker was kidnapped and killed by suspected Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants. Source: Infowakat
05 December 2021: In Tanwalbougou town and commune, Fada N'Gourma department, Gourma province, Est region, a health worker was kidnapped by suspected Jama'at Nusratul Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) militants. They were released two days later. Source: ACLED
06 December 2021: In Tindangou village, Pama department, Kompienga province, Est region, suspected JNIM militants seized a vehicle from a health worker at a checkpoint. Source: ACLED
Democratic Republic of the Congo
08 December 2021: In Bungulu commune, near Beni city, North Kivu province, armed men broke into Kitsa Health Centre and kidnapped a doctor. A ransom of 5000 USD was made for his release. Sources: Radio Moto and Radio Okapi
09 December 2021: In Lweba village, Fizi territory, South Kivu province, armed men attacked an ambulance carrying two senior Congolese military officials to hospital. One official was taken out of the ambulance, tortured and killed. Source: La Prunelle