Haiti: Delivering health care amid growing insecurity
… threats and acts of aggression towards healthcare workers and facilities. Closure of health … try to come, but it is always tricky and dangerous," said Father David. "I remember one …
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Burkina Faso – food, water and health care are scarce
… basic services, particularly food, water and health care, under increasing strain. The population … this vital resource. Getting water can be a dangerous task for women Fetching water is …
Afghanistan: Facts and Figures - January - June 2023
… By offering a wide range of services, from health care and emergency response to the physical … technical training sessions on Health Care in Danger (HCiD), Expanded Programme on …
Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for January–June 2023
… livelihood assistance and access to improved health-care services including mental health support. … We also worked hard to raise awareness of the danger of landmines and unexploded ordnance …
Ethiopian Bulletin, January - June 2023
… We now have fewer inmates suffering from health complications,” says Belete Lakew, a … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The danger that unexploded ordnance poses to … northern Ethiopia, houses, farmlands, healthcare centers and schools are heavily …
Frequently asked questions: Rules of war
… food, clothing, hygiene and medical care. POWs cannot be prosecuted for having … satisfactory conditions of shelter, hygiene, health, safety and nutrition and that members … care must be taken to avoid the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses …
Implementing international humanitarian law: 2020/2021 report
… situations as well as the uncertainty and dangers created by the COVID 19 pandemic. … III) and civilians (GC IV). They also protect health care and medical personnel, units, facilities …
Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC calls for immediate protection of civilians in Jenin
… minute of this ongoing violence poses a danger to lives, homes, essential services, … population in Jenin have unimpeded access to health services, shelter, food, and water. … people and be able to provide emergency care without putting their own lives at risk. …
Annual Report 2022
… have access to clean water and life-saving health care, and bolster their food security. … operations against groups suspected of endangering the state or of being associated …
Russia - Ukraine international armed conflict: ICRC continues to help people in need
… Oliinyk/ICRC Food, water, essential items and health assistance The ICRC is providing … to frontline/referral hospitals and health-care facilities. 180 physiotherapists were … body bags, and refrigeration units. the danger of mines and explosive remnants of war …
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