Health and explosive violence
14 Nov 2023Gaza healthcare crisis: urgent action required to address alleged unlawful Israeli attacks
Human Rights Watch's findings reveal repeated and potentially unlawful Israeli attacks on Gaza's healthcare infrastructure, leading to a dire healthcare crisis, warranting immediate international attention and action.
18 May 2022Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Conflict (2022)
AOAV is proud to be one of the endorsing NGOs for the Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Conflicts, ahead of the UN's annual open debate on the protection of civilians (POC) in armed conflict. Over the past year, the devastating impact of urban warfare on civilians has been made increasingly clear, especially the parallel direct and indirect, short-term and long-term nature of urban warfare's effects on civilians and civilian infrastructure.
12 May 2022Russian bombings of hospitals and healthcare
Since 2015, AOAV has recorded 12 incidents of Russian bombings of hospitals, resulting in 124 civilian casualties, 45 of whom were killed and 79 injured.
1 Oct 2020The impact of the conflict in Afghanistan on civilian mental health
Afghanistan continually ranks among the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian. The psychological impact of this on Afghani civilians is profound.
10 Jul 2020‘Blast Injury’: a report on the reverberating health impacts from the use of explosive weapons
The summary and key findings from AOAV's latest report, Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons
10 Jul 2020Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons – Physical
AOAV examines the impacts to physical health from explosive violence.
10 Jul 2020Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons – Psychological
AOAV investigates the psychological impacts that result from the use of explosive weapons.
10 Jul 2020Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons – Infrastructure and personnel
AOAV investigates the harm to health infrastructure and personnel that can result from the use of explosive weapons.
10 Jul 2020Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons – Access to healthcare
AOAV investigates the impacts to healthcare access that can result from the use of explosive weapons.
10 Jul 2020Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons -Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations from our latest report.
9 Jul 2020Protecting medical care in conflict: a solvable problem
Hospitals and medical care workers have suffered an alarming number of tragic attacks over the past few years. This report examines the phenomenon and offers recommendations to mitigate the harm.
6 Jul 2020AOAV interviews Dr Ghassan Abu-Sitta, Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre
AOAV’s Executive Director, Iain Overton, interviewed Dr Abu Sita in Beirut in February 2020 as part of the research on the lasting health impacts from the use of explosive weapons.