Ethical decisions - good but not always easy to make
… Similarly, when cooperating with local health-care systems or treating local populations, … health-care personnel at risk and thus endangers the provision of medical care. …
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Health Care in Danger: Community of Concern
… media. A round-table on the safety of Swedish health-care personnel was also organized, and … You can still find us at www.healthcareindanger.org , but there are now even more …
Health Care in Danger: Violent Incidents Affecting the Delivery of Health Care, January 2012 to December 2013
… of assaults or threats against patients, health-care personnel, ambulances or medical … of the iceberg of all the violence affecting health care worldwide, the ICRC report allows …
Protect Health Care: Fast-Tracking of Ambulances (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show …
Protect Health Care: Respect for Red Cross Volunteers (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show …
Protect Health Care: Respect for Red Crescent Volunteers (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show …
Promoting Military Operational Practice That Ensures Safe Access to and Delivery of Health Care
… This Health Care in Danger report compiles a complete set of … impact of such operations on the delivery of health care in armed conflict. The report is …
Armed groups, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can protect health care in many ways
… drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery safer. Too often, … in English and Spanish . Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
Health care in danger: Meeting the challenges
… d'Ivoire, and many others striving to protect health-care services share their stories of courage … hope in the new publication Health Care in Danger – Meeting the Challenges . Four years …
Liberian army sets out to protect health-care workers
… while preserving people's access to health-care services. In true military fashion, the … manuals, and so on. Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
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