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Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show

… 03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered … Polkowski, the head of ICRC's Health Care in Danger initiative, which seeks to ensure safe …

News release

Protecting the delivery of health care: Steps in the right direction

… need to continue working together to protect health-care workers and facilities. Driven by that … commitment, Resolution 4, " Health Care in Danger: Continuing to protect the delivery of …

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Common ethical principles of health care in conflict and other emergencies

… have adopted the " Ethical Principles of Health Care in Times of Armed Conflict and Other … by the ICRC   through the Health Care in Danger initiative shows that, in armed …

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Philippines: Strengthening the protection of health care workers in Mindanao

… 24-06-2025 To improve delivery of health care services in Mindanao, health care workers … the world, heightened its Healthcare in Danger prevention campaign in the Philippines …

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Hospital staff puts up an ICRC-donated poster saying "No weapons allowed"

Unsung heroes of Pakistan: Health care workers caught in violence

… argue that we had medical emergencies to take care of." CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Asim Rafiqui / … / ICRC / Asim Rafiqui / NOOR Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and ambulances … heroes of Pakistan. The ICRC's Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project aims at encouraging …

Protected persons: The wounded, the sick and health-care providers

… to protection and must have access to the health care they need. The humanitarian crisis in … Our health-care activities Health Care in Danger Latest articles From the International …

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Conflict and the struggle for health care in north-east Nigeria

… grandchild. Upon first sight, the Shokwari health centre seems rudimentary at best. It … the city's main hospital to get basic health care. "The hospital is overcrowded, sometimes … lack of access to health care. Health care in danger The Shokwari health centre may have …

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Sudan: Delivering life-saving care to support a health system in crisis

… the armed conflict in Sudan, the country's health system is on the brink of collapse. … or destroyed. The toll on patients and caregivers is staggering. In many of the … traveling long distances - often through dangerous areas - only to find that hospitals …

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New e-learning on health care responsibilities in times of conflict

… numbers of deceased patients? If so, the Health Care in Danger project's new e-learning module on the …

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NorCross: Helping to ensure safe access to health care in other countries

… National Societies to ensure safe access to health care in their countries. Frederik Siem, HCiD … Mr Grau adds. Read:  Health Care in Danger Newsletter, January-June 2015   …

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