WHO, ICRC, MSF denounce rise in attacks on health services

GENEVA, May 4: Three of the world's top health agencies issued a joint statement Sunday denouncing the international community's failure to protect health care workers, hospitals and patients in conflict zones.

The World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders issued an "urgent call for action".
Their statement was issued 10 years after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286 condemning attacks on health care facilities, medical staff and patients, they noted.

"The situation is even worse" a decade on, they said.

"As violence affecting medical facilities, transport and personnel continues unabated, the harm this resolution sought to prevent has not diminished," said the statement.    �"AFP