IRRC No. 889

Editorial: Violence against health care – Giving in is not an option

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An improvised explosive device is detonated as a military convoy passes by. While crowds of people and relief workers rush to the scene to assist the wounded, a second bomb explodes, timed so as to inflict the greatest possible damage on the emergency services.

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Editorial: Violence against health care – Giving in is not an option author: Vincent Bernard

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