The World Health Organisation has developed a new data collection approach to monitor attacks on health personnel.
According to the WHO, rocket attacks and bombings on medical facilities have led to the deaths of many healthcare workers in many countries.
It said that more than 600 healthcare workers were killed and 958 injured across 32 countries in 2014, adding that 32 workers and polio vaccinators have been killed in Pakistan since 2012.
It added that more than half of the hospitals in Syria have been partially or totally destroyed while more than half of the country’s healthcare workers have either been killed or fled the country. Also, the WHO said eight workers on the Ebola Virus Disease awareness campaign were killed last year in Guinea. It added that more than 400 health workers lost their lives while treating Ebola patients.
The organisation, in a statement, on Monday, said the tracking system had become imperative in the face of unwarranted attacks and killings of medical workers while going about their duties.
The Project Manager, Erin Kenney, said the new tracking system and currently tested in the Central African Republic, Syrian Arab Republic as well West Bank and Gaza Strip, would be in use early next year.
By: Folasade Adebayo
Punch News
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