Attacks on Health Care Dashboard
H
Overview
88
attacks
Reporting period: 1 January to 31 March 2017 (Quarter 1)
Number of attacks
Primary object
47
58
20
19
2
transport
provider
patient
H
80
deaths
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Sudan
Afghanistan
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Guinea
South Sudan
Iraq
Nepal
Philippines
Somalia
and territories
3
Nigeria
countries
4
Central
African Republic
14
5
Pakistan
injuries
Syrian Arab Republic
81
Libya
facility
Type
bombing
bombing (65%)
shooting
assault (11%)
looting
looting (8%)
abduction
shooting (7%)
assault
arrest/torture (6%)
other
chemical (2%)
Countries and territories with reported attacks (Q1 2017)
hijacking (1%)
4-year comparative data
338
2014
2015
525
256
1024
434
302
537
372
491
2016
2017
88
80
81
(Q1)
attacks
deaths
injuries
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