Welcome to the readme for our project focused on analyzing the impact of attacks on healthcare facilities in conflict zones. Our diverse team, hailing from 🇨🇦Canada, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇬🇷Greece, and 🇺🇦Ukraine, collaborates to address this critical issue from a global perspective.
Access our complete problem statement.
Our team explores the devastating effects of attacks on healthcare facilities in conflict zones, examining the direct impacts on service delivery, infrastructure damage, and human casualties. These attacks not only disrupt healthcare services but also have far-reaching implications on global health security and international humanitarian law.
- Service Disruption: The immediate halt of healthcare services following attacks, affecting emergency and routine care.
- Infrastructure Damage: The physical destruction of healthcare facilities, leading to long-term service discontinuity.
- Casualties: The toll on human life, including healthcare workers and patients, resulting from these violent attacks.
We highlight the need for a comprehensive understanding of how these attacks contribute to broader healthcare system vulnerabilities. Our investigation aims to uncover patterns and systemic weaknesses, guiding the development of strategies to protect healthcare services and improve resilience in conflict-affected areas.
Access our detailed exploration of System and Design Thinking.
- Global Perspective: Our team's diverse backgrounds allow us to understand the widespread nature of healthcare facility attacks and their global implications.
- Actionable Problems: Identifying specific challenges such as service disruption, infrastructure damage, and human casualties.
- Design Thinking: Leveraging empathy, ideation, and prototyping to develop innovative solutions for protecting healthcare facilities.
- Systems Thinking: Considering the complex interplay of conflict dynamics, healthcare infrastructure, and international norms in addressing these challenges.
Our objective is to offer actionable insights and contribute to strengthening the resilience of healthcare systems in conflict zones, ensuring the safety and continuity of medical services.
Our research questions delve into identifying effective strategies, innovative solutions, and international collaborations to safeguard healthcare facilities against attacks and ensure the provision of uninterrupted healthcare services in conflict zones.
The main areas of focus include:
- Service Disruption
- Infrastructure Damage
- Casualties
- Global Impact