Violence

A wheelchair sits in rubble following an attack targeting a hospital in the Idlib de-escalation zone in the western Aleppo countryside, Syria, March 21, 2021.

Strengthen Monitoring of Attacks on Health Care to Uphold Public Health and Human Rights

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Bloomberg American Health Summit 2020: America’s Reckoning with Public Health

People in Minneapolis attend a candlelight vigil in memory of George Floyd and others on June 7, 2020. Image: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

The Racism Pandemic: Thoughts from an African Student

Allison Bracy of Fontana hugs her daughter Brielle Bracy, 10, while attending a rally with hundreds of demonstrators to protest the death of George Floyd during the coronavirus pandemic in Riverside, California, June 4, 2020.

Lisa Cooper on Why the Racism Roiling America Is a Public Health Issue

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Baltimore Protesters Weigh the Risks—and Take to the Streets

A member of Stop Killing Us protests 13% increase in Philadelphia’s murder rate during the pandemic. April 21, 2020. Image: Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What’s Behind COVID-19 Violence?

Gun Sales and Risks Surge with US COVID-19 Cases

A mother nurses her newborn at the maternity ward of the Kailahun Government hospital on April 26, 2016, eastern Sierra Leone. Image: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty

Intimate Partner Violence Deters Breastfeeding

Cora, a mother who lost who son in an anti-drug raid in the Philippines.

Mothers Coping with Prolonged, Complicated Grief

Elvira Miranda lovingly touches the grave of her son, Leover, killed in the Philippines drug wars. Image by Amanda Mustard

Elderly Mothers Bear the Emotional Burden of the Drug War

Attendees at a Women Deliver Power Stage event

Women Deliver 2019: Power, Progress and Change

An inside view of es-Sevre (Revolution) hospital after it was attacked by Houthis in Taiz, Yemen on December 31, 2015.

Overdue Action Needed to Stop Attacks on Health Care