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Azerbaijan: Empowering mine survivors through purposeful reintegration into the community

… overcome their challenges through our mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) … in our efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of landmines and explosive remnants of … resilience. Provided direct psychological care to 44 affected people through 301 …

Law and policy topic
Mine victim with ICRC staff and AzRCS volunteers

South Sudan: New fighting will bring new suffering

… Sudan will suffer from a lack of food and health care while on the run. The latest uprootings … that if they don't their lives will be in danger?" said Franz Rauchenstein, who heads …

News release

I am no different than anyone else

… needs to be amputated," he said.  A crumbling health care system  Years of war and economic turmoil … treatable diseases and infections tragically dangerous. In the case of Mycetoma, which is …

Article

"Listening to the voices of victims": Lorenzo Caraffi

… is taking an immense toll on the mental health of affected communities and making it … a regrettable record of attacks on health-care workers, facilities and vehicles, and … that must not be forgotten. Health care in danger. Prisons, migration and use of force. …

Law and policy topic

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Operational Update December 2020

… bodies from the battlefield are extremely dangerous because the terrain is littered with … hygiene facilities, clean water Mental health and psychosocial support Damage to … the region, as of early December: HEALTH CARE 15 hospitals and medical facilities …

News release

Myanmar: Law and order, community trust needed to overcome humanitarian crisis

… are now suffering from severe shock. It feels dangerous to move, so people stay in place, … access to schools, farm fields, markets and health care. How can families move forward? To …

Statement

How humanitarian law applies to armed conflict and nuclear power plants

… plants and other installations containing dangerous forces have specific protections … severe short- and long-term effects on human health and on the environment, which are … be civilian. Parties must also take constant care to spare the civilian population, …

Law and policy topic

South Sudan: Attacks on healthcare facilities putting communities at risk

… medicines and medical equipment in a Primary Healthcare Center (PHCC) supported by the ICRC. "We stayed in places inhabited by dangerous animals. Snakes bit some people and …

Law and policy topic

Protection of civilians in armed conflict

… ICRC. The tragedies I've seen so far in my career have left deep scars within me. Unlike … damage to critical infrastructure, such as health care, water and electricity. … Cross Red Crescent Movement Health Care in Danger Initiative. Debates like this can play …

Statement

Myanmar: The year 2024 in pictures

… challenges, including limited access to health care, water, food, communications, … them to adopt safe practices to avoid the dangers of explosive remnants of war. Aye …

The ICRC works with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) to deliver assistance to remote areas.

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