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Attacks on Health Care Monthly News Brief - February 2021
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SHCC Attacks on Health Care
The section aligns with the definition of attacks on health care used by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC).
Africa
Cameroon
04 February 2021: In Muyuka town, Fako division, Southwest region, gunmen fired at an MSF ambulance responding to an emergency call, critically injuring a nurse on board who was picked up by a second ambulance and taken to hospital. Sources: HumAngle and MSF
04 February 2021: In Bamenda city, Northwest region, youths attacked health care workers overseeing the burial of a pastor who had recently died of COVID-19. After forcing the COVID-19 team away from the premises, they confiscated the coffin and carried out the burial without following the health measures imposed by the health care team. Source: Mimi Mefo Info