903 - Violence Against Health Care in Conflict: 2024 Report
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.8 • 620 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
About this episode:
A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents incidents of violence against health care facilities and workers in conflict zones around the world. In this episode: why it’s important to track these trends, how incidents are reported and investigated, and a look at the 2024 report with examples from various conflict zones around the world including Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.
Guests:
Joe Amon is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights.
Host:
Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
| 0:05.9 | where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges. |
| 0:16.3 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhhhu.edu. |
| 0:23.8 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:31.1 | It's Lindsay Smith-Rogers. |
| 0:33.4 | Today, attacks on health care and health care workers around the world. |
| 0:38.6 | Professor Joe Eamon is director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins |
| 0:43.7 | Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:45.8 | He speaks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about a new global report on violence against health care |
| 0:51.8 | in conflict. |
| 0:53.5 | A note that these podcasts are a conversation between the participants |
| 0:57.1 | and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University. |
| 1:01.0 | Let's listen. |
| 1:02.1 | Professor Joe Amin, it's great to have you back on Public Health On Call. |
| 1:05.5 | How are you doing today? |
| 1:07.1 | Good, and I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:09.1 | I am going to ask you about this new report that has just come out called |
| 1:13.6 | Epidemic of Violence, Violence Against Healthcare in Conflict, 24. |
| 1:19.6 | Can you tell me about this report? |
| 1:21.6 | Sure, so this is a report that's put out by the Safeguarding Health and Conflict Coalition. |
| 1:26.6 | It's a group of academics, |
| 1:28.6 | of practitioners, of professional organizations for nurses and doctors who all came together |
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