Upcoming Events
THE WEAPONIZATION OF HEALTHCARE IN CONFLICT: The Impact on Outbreaks and Pandemic Threats
Dr. Annie Sparrow
with Kenneth Roth (opening remarks) and Meg Jones (moderator)
THURSDAY, 20 MARCH 2025, 10:00 EASTERN
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The protection of healthcare institutions and workers was the foundation of international humanitarian law, yet today a disturbing number of nefarious forces are flouting this basic principle. They find advantage in depriving civilians of health care at a moment of acute need, even though such weaponization of health care is a war crime.
Dr. Annie Sparrow, with decades of experience operating in situations of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis, will describe this disturbing trend and its implications for civilian protection. Such attacks obviously have devastating effects for war-torn societies in urgent need of health care, but they also threaten the rest of the world, because armed conflicts can be engines for global threats, from incubators of infectious diseases to drivers of antimicrobial resistance. If concern for the rights of people in the midst of war is not enough to stop these attacks, our interest in our own health should be.
Past & Future Events
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Alliance Launch Event 2022
The Alliance was launched on July 1, 2022, via an online event.
If you were not able to attend, you can watch the proceedings here
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Global Conference on War, Conflict and Health
Exact Date TBD
The Alliance will convene a biennial ‘Global Conference on War, Conflict and Health’ with the key objectives of bringing together diverse participants and facilitating the creation of a community of practice, sharing of knowledge and experiences, advancing scholarship, and bridging the research-policy-practice nexus.
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Global Status Report on War, Conflict and Health
Exact Date TBD
The alliance will publish a biennial report of the Global Status on War, Conflict and Health.