Atlas of Attacks: Global Violence Against Healthcare

During summer 2020, a team of students in the Investigations Lab identified, verified, and mapped attacks on health. Lab students and Insecurity Insight documented more than 1,100 attacks and threats of violence medical personnel, patients, health care facilities, and medical transport. Students monitored and when possible verified events reported by online sources. These sources included local news agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, and user-generated content shared by individuals on social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. This report compiles incidents between January — December 2020.

The Human Rights Center Investigations Lab conducted online monitoring and targeted searches of user-generated content in areas of concern or where attacks were likely under-reported: Myanmar, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, DRC, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mexico, Honduras, and Libya. A team of 10 students identified and analyzed news reports, social media posts, photographs, and videos publicly available on the internet to identify and verify data for this report.