Helping mothers improve child nutrition in Somalia
Somalia has been ravaged by decades of armed conflict which has disrupted livelihoods and thrown the social fabric into disarray. Seasonal occurrences of drought and floods deepen the crisis by …
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Doctor answers questions from Facebook on diseases caused by atomic bombs
Meet Dr Masao Tomonaga, Honorary Director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital. Dr Tomonaga has cared for leukaemia patients, including atomic bomb survivors, and focused on how …
Economic Security: Saving Lives, Building a Future
In times of conflict and crisis, the ICRC's Economic Security Unit is on the front line, providing urgent relief and long-term support to those affected by violence. Every year it puts millions of …
Emergency assistance for people fleeing war
Every year hundreds of thousands of people flee from fighting and are left without the basic means of survival – food, water and shelter. The ICRC's Economic Security Unit (ECOSEC) is there to help …
Niger: Helping people hit by the Lake Chad conflict
A humanitarian emergency continues to mobilize the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the Diffa region of Niger, on the border with Nigeria. Since February 2015, the conflict that …
Somalia: Reuniting families fleeing from Yemen
Armed conflict and other situations of violence and disasters cause much more anguish than what is seen on the surface. In the midst of terror and panic family members can be separated in minutes. In …
Yemen: ICRC facilitates release of prisoners in Aden
06-08-2015 Geneva/Sana'a - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today facilitated the transfer of seven released prisoners from Aden to Sana'a. "The ICRC was directly approached by …
Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic blasts still echo, 70 years on
06-08-2015 6 August 2015, Hiroshima/ Geneva (IFRC/ICRC) – Seventy years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese Red Cross Society hospitals are still treating thousands of …
Nobuo Hayashi: The nuances of international law
What are the responsibilities of a third party in an event of a genocide? Who is a bystander and how can he or she protect genocide victims? A public lecture by Nobuo Hayashi, Senior Legal Adviser at …
Bangladesh: Challenges for journalists in situations of violence
06-08-2015 6 August 2015, Dhaka - Experienced media professionals covering diplomatic assignments in Bangladesh came together to discuss the challenges for their profession's ethics and principles, …
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