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Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights - Authors include Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social | The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Health workers and facilities around the globe are being targeted during war. While there have been grand commitments to protect health systems during conflict, there has been little action. My latest for TheHillOpinion w/ Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social: A 🧵 thehill.com/opinion/intern…

🗓️ Join us this Wednesday, April 3rd (online or in DC) for a vital discussion of protection needs of health workers around the globe, with remarks by our chair Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social on the crisis of violence against health care for #whwweek 🌍 Register here ➡️ bit.ly/3TGR4At

Why health workers in Gaza are injured or die at high rates - by Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social - STAT statnews.com/2023/10/14/gaz…

Biden must reject assurances by Israel on aid and IHL compliances as not credible, and cut off offensive weapons transfers. nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opi…

I discuss two unique features of attacks on health care in Gaza as compared to other wars -- the vastness of the destruction of health infrastructure and the many violent ground assaults on hospitals

Global Health NOW: Attacks on Health Care Escalate ‘at a Relentless Pace’; Global Mental Health NOW; and Heat Spikes Increase Snake Bites: mailchi.mp/9240dedcdafc/g…

Might want to check what I said and the facts. I said airstrikes or shelling, not bombing alone; per World Health Organization (WHO) , 32 of 36 hospitals damaged. And some hospitals were bombed. CNN, using satellite imagery found 20 airstrikes on hospitals in the first two months, with 14 direct hits.

Russia's grotesque attack on Kyiv's children's hospital, the largest in Ukraine, and according to expert missile analysis, was likely controlled, brings to almost 750 the number of strikes on hospitals in the war. Accountability is essential nytimes.com/2024/07/08/wor…

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured hrw.org/news/2024/08/2…

“It's normal to be afraid”: attacks on healthcare in Ouaka, Haute-Kotto, and Vakaga prefectures of the Central African Republic, 2016–2020 - authors include our Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social | Conflict and Health conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

A year ago, we were jolted awake by the blare of sirens and chilling reports of a ruthless killing spree carried out by Hamas against the residents of the south. The murders, abductions, and horrific violence against men, women, and children, along with the devastation of entire

UN independent commission concludes that "Israeli security forces have deliberately killed, wounded, arrested, detained, mistreated and tortured medical personnel and targeted medical vehicles." nytimes.com/2024/10/10/wor…

Join HCICCambridge CRASSH, Cambridge and Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social of @johnhopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, lawyer and author to discuss his book Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War on Thu 24 Oct at 5-7pm UK online event Register to attend

Evidence continues to emerge of alleged abuses of Gazan detainees at Israel’s Sde Teiman military detention facility, write Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social and Matthew Wynia, highlighting need for accountability and the responsibilities of medical professionals. justsecurity.org/104150/physici…

Professor Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social addressing attacks at healthcare in the context of Gaza at WISH Qatar #WISH7. “No effort to save patients were made when Israel attacked hospitals in Gaza” MedGlobal Safeguarding Health

As health professionals, we insist that health personnel around the world be able to work in safety. Violence and threats against health care workers and facilities are devastating to the broader health system and worsen health outcomes. The Lancet buff.ly/3CrInoB

Further confirmation of the permissive, unlawful Israeli targeting practices that have resulted thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza. nytimes.com/2024/12/26/wor…

More than 100 Gaza doctors remain in Israeli custody, most without charge, and many tortured. There have died in custody.

Must read report by @OHCHR on attacks on hospitals in Gaza that soberly explains the trends and Israel's gross breaches of law. ohchr.org/en/documents/r…