Season 14 • Episode 1059

Violence Against Healthcare in Conflict: 2025 Report

Jun 3, 2026

14:44

Global Health Public Health Health Policy

Episode Description

About this episode:

An annual report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition assesses attacks on healthcare facilities and workers in conflict. In this episode: the implications for international humanitarian law as drone warfare surges, state forces increasingly perpetrate attacks, and cuts to foreign aid exacerbate healthcare gaps.

Guest:

Joe Amon, PhD, MSPH, is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. He served as the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health from 2005 to 2009.

Show links and related content:

Care in the Crosshairs: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2025—Safeguarding Health in Conflict
Rethinking Humanitarian Health—Public Health On Call (May 2026)
Violence Against Health Care in Conflict: 2024 Report—Public Health On Call (June 2025)

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