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ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015

… training sessions to 278 arms carriers and health personnel. t helped restore and … of more than 350 persons from some of the care, in a strictly impartial and neutral … headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC dangers that the people of Yemen have faced in …

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Restoring Family Links code of conduct on data protection

… to high data protection standards as well as careful and regular assessment of the impact … wherever it may be found, to protect life and health, and ensure respect for the human … place, approaching the data subject could endanger or cause severe distress to the data …

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Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi

… Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and … and their effects, and is part of Health Care in Danger (HCiD)  project that aims to better …

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Somalia health news: Nearly 500,000 people received medical help in 2015

… An overview of the ICRC's large health programmes in Somalia and examples of … our work in health has expanded from direct care of those injured in battle to include war … as senior surgeons steered the patient out of danger, calling the opportunity to help “a …

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Diary: Bearing witness to the crisis in Syria

… The most basic things – food, water, shelter, health care – nothing can be taken for granted … parcels, obtaining security guarantees for dangerous areas, establishing what kind of …

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Are we doing enough to safeguard health-care services?

Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 On 15 February, three more health-care facilities in Syria were bombed. …

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Five takeaways from the Health Care in Danger commissions

Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 In December 2015, Ambassador Seleka chaired two Health Care in Danger (HCiD) commissions at …

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A road map for protecting health-care services

Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 The headlines … are being bombed, doctors attacked, and health-care facilities raided by combatants …

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Pledging to make hospitals safe havens

Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 Hospitals … Federation (IHF) became involved in the Health Care in Danger initiative because we …

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Report: Colombia: humanitarian challenges 2016

… to find more than 79,000 missing persons -The danger posed by mines and unexploded devices … and restrictions on their movement. care and education. So the possibility of a … of access to basic services such as water, health Violations of the rules of armed …

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