Summary: The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the humanitarian risk aid workers face when responding to active war zones/conflict areas. Over the last 10 years, there has been an increase in aid workers killed in active war zones. A decade later, the reports of aid workers targeted, arrested, and/or killed are on the rise. A comparison of 20 countries where ongoing violence and war have greatly impacted aid workers’ ability to respond will be compared to the war in Gaza since October 2023. Graphical evidence will highlight the aid workers killed, healthcare workers arrested, as well as the number of incidents where damage to healthcare facilities and obstruction in providing care occurred.
Rizek et al. (2026) studied this question.