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Helping the helpers – why does psychosocial support matter?

Health-care workers should be provided with tools, … developing strategies for the protection of health care. Only then can health-care workers … Gaza, Syria and Ukraine. Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015   …

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Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2015

… staff members in order to fulfil the duty of care to our staff and to ensure the continuity … paid by a growing number of States to the dangers posed by these weapons to life and health, and to the integrity of the …

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B, General services, 1917- ongoing, 3313 metres of shelf space

… Researchers must therefore be particularly careful to respect the privacy of the … d'accueil d'Eric Martin, symposium IHD ''The Health Care Cost Explosion'' … juridique des populations civiles contre les dangers de la guerre 17.11.1955-17.11.1955 B …

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Health Care in Danger: Meeting the Challenges

… "Health Care in Danger: Meeting the Challenges" is a … how violence can disrupt the delivery of health care. In some cases, entire communities …

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South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands face critical food shortage

… high. Life in South Sudan is both chaotic and dangerous, and we are trying to help by improving access to food and health care." Though a peace agreement has been …

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Protecting health care together

… The Health Care in Danger community is a unique force of change. … practice measures to protect patients and health care workers from violence. This …

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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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32nd International Conference: Resolutions and reports

… report (2015, 32IC/15/19.3) Resolution 4: Health Care in Danger: Continuing to protect the delivery of …

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Mali: Azahara, nursing in the face of adversity

… a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. After several years with … work is mainly carried out in what can be dangerous conflict zones. But she won't be put … later, in the hospital or elsewhere, in good health and smiling," she explained. "That …

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South Sudan: A pregnant mother’s long walk to a safe birth

… Giving birth in South Sudan is often dangerous and difficult. Medical care can be long distances away, forcing … travel on foot late in their pregnancy to a health facility – a hardship endured by …

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