As part of a spatial analysis of risks to civilian infrastructure within the conflict in Yemen, Watchlist
on Children and Armed Conflict has compiled data and statistics from reports by a number of different organizations
(OCHA, WHO, MSF, other NGOs, media outlets, etc.) from March 2015 thru June 2016. The resulting map includes instances of individual attacks, lootings,
and/or other violent disruptions inflicted upon healthcare facilities, as well as aggregate healthcare statistics at the governorate (i.e. province/state) level.
Consistent data was not available for every governorate thus the exact date that figures on this level were captured vary throughout the 15-month time period.
Over this period, and as detailed in this map, Watchlist has identified 52 instances of an attack or disruption supported by official reporting
(with many more undocumented attacks, lootings, and/or disruptions estimated).
Clicking directly on any of these incidents provides additional details, including a link to the supporting report.
Likewise, health and other statistics at the governorate level can be accessed at the governorate level by clicking on any governorate.
For a number of the individual incidents, the facility was either unnamed in the report or it was unable to be located on existing maps.
The level of precision varies by incident — anywhere from rooftop, neighborhood, town/city, and (where information is most scarce) the governorate level.
Thus, some of the points on the map do not represent the actual location of that specific attack.
The precision level is available in the infowindow of each point on the map.
The individual incidents can be filtered by attack type by choosing any of the three checkboxes: airstrike, ground attack, or unidentified.
Both map layers can also be turned on or off by using selector located above the attack filter. Unchecking the governorate data layer, for instance,
will leave just the individual attack data layer, which is then visible on top of satellite imagery, providing the user with a street-level perspective of
where attacks occurred.
Due to gaps in reporting caused by the overall difficulty of data collection in Yemen, these incidents make up only a fraction of the total number of
health facility incidents.
This project was developed as a collaboration between Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and the Milano School of International Affairs at The New School in NYC.
Mapping Faculty Advisors: Eric Brelsfod
Stephen Metts
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