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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was coordinated by Leonard Rubenstein of the
Center for Public Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health and Carol Bales of IntraHealth
International. The report was edited by Leonard
Rubenstein and a team from IntraHealth International led
by Carol Bales with significant contributions from Maeve
Halpin, Corinne Mahoney, Margarite Nathe, and David
Nelson.
Three country-specific sections were written by members
of the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition that have
engaged in research on attacks on health workers and
facilities in those countries:
• The Afghanistan section was written by Fiona Gall,
Kimberly Oganda, and Mathilde Vu of the Agency
Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development
(ACBAR) with support from Dr. Ahmad Khalid Fahim of
the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan and Jonathan
Whittall of MSF.
• The Occupied Palestinian Territories section was written
by Mahmoud Abu Arisheh, Mor Efrat, and Hussam
Liftawj of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel.
• The Syria section was written Elise Baker, Claudia Rader,
and Susannah Sirkin of Physicians for Human Rights
in collaboration with Caroline Philhower of the Syrian
American Medical Society.
Interference with Medical Ethics in National Security
Detention was written by Sarah Dougherty, Claudia Rader,
and Susannah Sirkin of Physicians for Human Rights and
Andrea Barsony of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel.
Other sections of the report were researched and written
by Maeve Halpin of IntraHealth International, Leonard
Rubenstein of the Center for Public Health of the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Barbara
Olshansky, a consultant to the Center.
Fact-checking and review of the report was overseen by
Emily Couse of the Center for Public Health of the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Marie Coles, a
student at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, fact-checked the majority of the country sections.
Diederik Lohman of Human Rights Watch coordinated
reviews by Human Rights Watch researchers. The following
individuals with country expertise from coalition members
Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Human Rights
Watch, Save the Children, and World Vision contributed
to review of country sections of the report: William Davis,
Corinne Dufka, Yulia Gorbunova, Jehanne Henry, Leslie
Lefkow, Meg Mszyco, Lewis Mudge, Richard Pearshouse,
Grant Pritchard, Hiba Qaraman, Vianney Rusagara, Maui
Segan, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Christoph Wilcke, and Lucia
Withers.
The introduction and executive summary were reviewed
by Elizabeth Adams of Irish Nurses and Midwives
Organisation, Emily Clouse of the Center for Public Health
and Human Rights, Dan Nelson of Management Science
for Health, Richard Pearshouse of Human Rights Watch,
Susannah Sirkin of Physicians for Human Rights, and
Christina Wille of Insecurity Insight.
Additional support was provided by Laura Hoemeke of
IntraHealth International.
This report was designed by Karen Melton of IntraHealth
International.
Financial support for this report was provided by the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Oak
Foundation.
Reports by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition
do not necessarily reflect the view of all members of the
coalition.
Insecurity Insight searched its own database for incidents
relevant to the report. Helen Buck, Larissa Fast, James
Naudi, and Christina Wille work on the Security in
Numbers Database (SiND), part of the Aid in Danger
project, and provided incidents collected during 2015.
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