Pakistan: ICRC operational response to COVID-19
… following key operational areas: Supporting health-care facilities Health care infrastructure … this pandemic. As part of the Health Care in Danger Initiative (HCiD), we have been: Raising …
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Sri Lanka: A family needs assessment
… needs of families of missing persons Health Care in Danger: ensuring safer access Sustainable …
Mali: Azahara, nursing in the face of adversity
… a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. After several years with … line when it comes to providing emergency care. "In 2012, there were times when we were … later, in the hospital or elsewhere, in good health and smiling," she explained. "That smile …
General and specific protection of women under international humanitarian law
… and illtreatment, to ensure their adequate care. GC IV, Arts.14; 15 Parties to a conflict … acts are prohibited: violence to the life, health, or physical or mental well-being of … to protect the civilian population from danger expressly include the management of …
Chad: Law passed to protect red cross emblem
… display it as they do their work, in serious danger. In recent years the ICRC has been … law. In addition, in connection with its "Health Care in Danger" campaign, it has organized a …
Israel and the occupied territories: President of the ICRC arrives in Gaza, calls for the protection of civilians
… life-saving surgery alongside local health-care workers. The ICRC has also been providing medical and other supplies to health-care facilities as well as livelihood …
Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip: Facts & Figures 9 May 2024 – 12 April 2025
… sessions 1,549 Recipients of Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support … programme in collaboration with other health-care providers [1] . This programme is …
Indonesia and Timor-Leste: Facts and figures, 2015
… of sexual violence and the protection of health care during armed conflicts and other … such as sexual violence and Health Care in Danger, during courses/presentations and field …
Central African Republic: Contending with COVID-19 in the midst of a serious humanitarian crisis
… with barrier gestures, as well as helping health facilities and prisons to introduce … become a disease spreader. We must also take care not to place our staff at risk." Adjusting … emergency programmes to deal with the health crisis By adapting to the new reality …
Pakistan newsletter: July-December 2016
… people with disabilities, and our work in Health Care in Danger. In conversation with Rafia Qaseem Baig …
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