Health care in emergencies

Under international humanitarian law, parties to armed conflict must respect and protect medical staff, facilities and transports, as well as the wounded and sick. The parties must take all feasible precautions to verify that targets are legitimate military objectives, and to choose weapons and tactics so as to avoid and minimize incidental harm to medical personnel, facilities and transports, as well as the wounded and sick. Unfortunately, respect for the rules of war has been eroding over the last few years, with the number of deaths and injuries of medical staff increasing, as well as the number of facilities attacked.

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