Experts Coin 'Healthocide' to Call for UN Protections After Widespread Attacks on Healthcare

Experts call for ‘healthocide’ designation after surge in attacks on

LONDON: The targeting of medical facilities in war should be categorized as “healthocide,” academics have said, amid a surge in such attacks in recent years. Most deliberate attacks on health services have taken place in Gaza since 2023, but other strikes have been recorded in Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine, The Guardian reported. Individual medical staff have also been

Experts call for action against weaponization of healthcare

The deliberate destruction of health services and systems as an act of war should be termed 'healthocide' and medical practitioners should call out and stand firm against this weaponization of healthcare, insists a thought-provoking commentary published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

Medical Experts Have A Grim New Term For Targeted Attacks On Healthcare In War

Almost 1,000 medical workers have died since the war in Gaza began.

New term for systematic, deliberate attacks on healthcare as acts of war: ‘healthocide’

The deliberate destruction of health services and systems as an act of war should be termed ‘healthocide’ and medical practitioners should call out and stand firm against this weaponisation of healthcare, insists a thought-provoking commentary published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

'Healthocide' coined to describe deliberate attacks on health care as acts of war

The deliberate destruction of health services and systems as an act of war should be termed "healthocide" and medical practitioners should call out and stand firm against this weaponization of health care, insists a thought-provoking commentary published in the open-access journal BMJ Global Health.