ABSTRACT

This article analyses nearly 600 terrorist attacks against healthcare facilities and workers in Africa between 1974 and 2021. It demonstrates there has been a notable increase in the number of terrorist attacks on these targets and explores the different attack modes, targets, and locations. The article describes how the attacks have transformed over the last nearly fifty years, becoming increasingly lethal. Consequently, it calls for scholars, the healthcare sector, governments, and international groups in Africa to recognise these trends and improve counter-measures for preventing and mitigating healthcare facility and worker attacks.

中文翻译：

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针对非洲医疗机构和工作人员的恐怖主义：对攻击模式、目标和地点的评估

摘要

本文分析了 1974 年至 2021 年间非洲发生的近 600 起针对医疗机构和工作人员的恐怖袭击事件，表明针对这些目标的恐怖袭击数量显着增加，并探讨了不同的袭击模式、目标和地点。这篇文章描述了过去近五十年来攻击如何发生变化，变得越来越致命。因此，它呼吁非洲的学者、医疗保健部门、政府和国际组织认识到这些趋势，并改进预防和减轻医疗机构和工作人员袭击的对策。