Report finds over 4,000 attacks against health workers since 2016 A surgical operating theatre in a hospital at Ariha, in the Syrian province of Idlib, which was hit by an airstrike on January 30, 2020. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Violence against health workers and facilities continues unabated with over 4,000 incidents reported in conflict zones over the past five years, a new Swiss-UK funded report reveals. This content was published on May 5, 2021 - 17:46 May 5, 2021 - 17:46 ICRC/SHCC/sb On May 3, 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on the protection of health care in conflict. Resolution 2286, supported by 80 states, included steps states could take to mitigate such attacks. Five years on, attacks against health facilities, workers and patients continue in conflict zones around the world.