In war zones it is most important to ensure
high quality medical assistance with a high grade
of management and co-ordination.
Humanitarian actions, in fact, can not stop
at short-term needs. In war zones it is necessary
to have permanent structures, organized
and trained local personnel and reactivate health
systems as much as possible, thus making
possible self-sustainment for the people involved.
This means promoting a culture of health rights,
that is an indispensable long term aim for war
afflicted countries, so that they can rise
again after the conflict has ceased and civilians
can go back to their lives as is their right.
Other than hospitals, we should build a new way
to live together, remembering that: “All human
beings are born free and have equal dignity
and rights. They are endowed with reason
and conscience and should act towards
one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, proclaimed by UN on December 10th 1948)
