Annie Sparrow, a critical-care pediatrician and public health professional, is assistant professor of global health and deputy director of the human rights program at Icahn School of Medicine. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/annie-sparrow/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Health Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:29:50 +0000 Annie Sparrow https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/01/17/how-a-u-n-health-agency-became-an-apologist-for-assad-atrocities https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/01/17/how-a-u-n-health-agency-became-an-apologist-for-assad-atrocities The World Health Organization has become complicit in war crimes by remaining silent on the destruction of Syria’s healthcare infrastructure by the Syrian government and its allies, writes medical researcher Dr. Annie Sparrow. Civil Society Human Rights Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Annie Sparrow https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/12/syrias-assault-on-doctors https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/12/syrias-assault-on-doctors Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Annie Sparrow https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/16/preventing-medicine-a-new-weapon-of-mass-destruction https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/16/preventing-medicine-a-new-weapon-of-mass-destruction Last week, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof nominated Syria as the world capital of human suffering. It’s not just the direct consequences of war: the bombs, rockets, artillery, bullets and now gas rained down upon the civilian population.