definition for: #BeWellServeWell

This hashtag is used to promote the "Be Well Serve Well" campaign leading up to the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016. In the last 10 years, aid work has become an ever deadlier profession. Since 2000, 2,913 national staff have been killed or injured for their work, along with 544 internationals. Hundreds of others have been kidnapped or violently assaulted.. The danger is not just physical. It is mental and psychological. Numerous studies have shown aid workers suffer from high-levels of anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, depression, and burnout. According to one study, 30% of aid workers return from deployment with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The campaign calls upon participants to deliver concrete measures at the World Humanitarian Summit to improve the welfare of aid workers.