News

Read more about recent RIAH activities and publications.

Article on IHL and the Israel-Hamas conflict

Consortium member Rohini Haar co-authored this recent article in which we are reminded that human rights should not be cast aside during times of war

Article on IHL and the Israel-Hamas conflict

Consortium member publishes Op-ed

Attacks on healthcare facilities and staff have exacerbated the suffering caused by the conflict in Sudan. The global health community must respond with solidarity and support, write Khidir Dalouk and Rohini J Haar

Consortium member publishes Op-ed

New Toolkit Published

Ending Violence Against HealthCare (EVAC) project, created Evidence that Protects Health Care: A toolkit with tried and tested tools to document, analyse, and advocate for ending violence against healthcare

New Toolkit Published

Report published on Ukraine

This report, jointly authored by RIAH consortium members Insecurity Insight, documents the staggering toll that Russia’s aggression has had on Ukraine’s health care system since February 2022.

Report published on Ukraine

New Blog Post

RIAH PI Larissa Fast summarises our recent article on using data to create change in this "ICTs for Development" blog post.

New Blog Post

Report Published for the IPI

RIAH Researcher Rohini Haar collaborated on a recently published report for the International Peace Institute on improving data collection on attacks on healthcare. Click for the full report.

Report Published for the IPI

Report published: Crisis in Afghanistan

RIAH Co-I, Prof Rubenstein, along with other colleagues at Hopkins recently wrote and published this important report on the maternal and child health crisis facing Afghanistan. Click for the full report.

Report published: Crisis in Afghanistan

Conference Presentation

Co-Investigator Bertrand Taithe presented on Intimacy and the
Gendering of War: Women’s experiences of insurgency war (1996-2006) in Nepal. Click to see the full conference programme.

Conference Presentation

Publication: Joint Health Staff Survey in South Sudan

RIAH partners Insecurity Insight collaborated on this study which aims to identify incidents of violence as experienced by health care staff since 2021 and to better understand health workers perspectives on causes, impact and prevention and response.

Publication: Joint Health Staff Survey in South Sudan

Event: Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks – Attacks During a Pandemic

On 11th May 2022 Insecurity Insight and RIAH co-hosted a session at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks giving a practical view on the principles of risk sharing.

Event: Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks  – Attacks During a Pandemic

Op-Ed Published in Mother Jones

RIAH Consortium member Leonard Rubenstein recently published 'Russia Has a Long, Cruel History of Attacking Hospitals. Maybe This Time Its Leaders Will Be Prosecuted'

Op-Ed Published in Mother Jones

Myanmar – One Year of Targeted Violence against Health Care

Consortium partners Insecurity Insight publish a special report on violence against healthcare in Myanmar - one year on from the military coup.

Myanmar – One Year of Targeted Violence against Health Care