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The Kampala Convention: Key Recommendations Ten Years On

… etc.) and access essential services (medical care, education, etc.). For other actors … shelter and essential services, such as health care and education. While doing so, … a normal life, thereby exposing them to danger. Ultimately, achieving a durable …

Law and policy topic

Ethiopia: Putting humanitarian needs first in 2019

… supplies and emergency kits to 20 primary health care units and 13 hospitals   Distributed … sessions on safer access, health care in danger and disaster response for its staff and …

Article

Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities

… emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and … Our activities to address agricultural land dangerous or impossible to use, the direct and …

Report

Traditional birth attendants in north-east Nigeria: “Without them, we would be doomed!”

… But not enough to survive. Famata has taken care of her two orphaned grandchildren since then. Nigeria is a dangerous place to become a mother, with at … be doomed," Samuel Okech, responsible for health programs in Maiduguri for the …

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Study provides insight on health staff practices revolving reporting gunshot wounds

… non-discriminatory and impartial provision of health care, which is protected under international … the framework of the ICRC's Health Care in Danger Initiative, this report contributes to …

Article

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the women of Kasai and their quest for peace

… to peace was long, difficult and fraught with danger. In Kakenge, in eastern Kasai, men, … dubbed the "warlords" by the women. "We were scared, very scared, but we all went together," … in Kakenge to help pay for food, schooling, health care and the rebuilding of houses. The …

Article

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

Health Care in Danger: Collecting data on violence against health care is the first step in preventing it

… for collecting data on violence against health care. Participants will share challenges and … have limits. As part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative, the ICRC seeks to …

Article

Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018

… who no longer participate to the fighting, to health services and other civilian … of hosting other events related to healthcare in danger activities initiated by the ICRC. - …

Law and policy topic

2019 ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

… sanitation and electricity, and deprived of health care; such privation is aggravated when cities … civilian harm. Because urban warfare endangers civilians in ways particular to it, …

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