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SHCC | South Sudan: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2022

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12 July 2023
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SHCC | South Sudan: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2022

The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 24 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in South Sudan in 2022, a similar number to 29 recorded in 2021. At least 20 health workers were kidnapped and 10 killed in these incidents, impacting health care providers’ ability to maintain safe staffing levels to effectively meet patient needs. This factsheet is based on the dataset 2022 SHCC Health Care South Sudan Data, which is available for download on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX).

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