South Sudan management frameworks and social assessment
… Sudan will expand its primary and secondary health-care services (including mental health and … Government of South Sudan Healthcare in Danger International Committee of the Red …
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Community of Action: Sharing good practices in safeguarding medical vehicles
… vehicles under attack While attacks on health-care facilities in different conflict zones … one of the main pillars of the Health Care in Danger (HCID) initiative. Experts took part in …
National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success
… of the sick and wounded, those who deliver health-care services, people deprived of their … press, installations and works containing dangerous forces, cultural property and places …
As local as possible, as international as necessary
… and Red Crescent volunteers who operate in dangerous conditions, and to ensure that they … of services including disaster relief and health and social programmes. The IFRC works … of people helped: Relief and recovery Healthcare Water and sanitation 170,046 436,282 …
Pakistan: Report addresses violence against health care in Peshawar
… Addressing Violence Against Health Care in Peshawar, a research report compiled … hospitals. The organization’s Health Care in Danger (HCiD) programme is a global initiative …
Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and IHL
… humanitarian consequences. IHL strikes a careful balance between humanitarian concerns … wounded and the sick must be collected and cared for by the party in whose power they … as well as works and installations containing dangerous forces (such as nuclear power …
Q&A: Humanitarian situation in Venezuela
… limited resources. Challenges to maintain the health system up and running and to repair … the family behind, taking an uncertain and dangerous path in the hope of finding a way to … continue training health staff in emergency care, donating hospital equipment, and …
2019 forensics competition
… animated video and read the guidelines VERY CAREFULLY. When it comes to the design, we … institutions Forensic laboratories Medicine, Health Sciences, Humanities and Law faculties … dead bodies from collapsed building or other dangerous places which usually accompany …
Changing world, unchanged protection? 70 years of the Geneva Conventions
… The wounded and sick must be given medical care; Hospitals and medical personnel must not … relevant. But it would be wrong – and indeed dangerous – to believe that international … deep needs: from food, water and shelter, to health care services and economic …
Supporting the future of Syria and the region
… The fighting continues in some parts and the danger of increased conflict in places such as … mentally. They need safety, shelter, food, health care, sanitation: the basics to live We, …
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