COVID-19 RESPONSE IN BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN CONE COUNTRIES C. de Almeida/ICRC BRASILIA REGIONAL DELEGATION / JUNE-JULY 2020 In light of the pandemic, the ICRC Regional Delegation adapted its modus …
Health Strategy 2020–2023 builds on Health Strategy 2014–2018 and addresses the increasing volume of unmet humanitarian health needs, many of which result from: protracted conflict, poverty and …
Diabetes and its complications represent an increasing global challenge. This guidance document has been created to help clinical teams in the field to organize care for diabetic patients at primary …
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the ICRC in Belgrade has been in close contact with the authorities and Red Cross societies in the region to provide support, advice and training to staff and …
Neither Luis, Jorge, or Lisseth were born in the city of Santa Elena de Uairén, in the state of Bolívar, but due to different life circumstances, they were all in Santa Elena when the COVID-19 …
20-08-2020 Geneva (ICRC)— War-torn Libya's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000 today . More than half a million people …
19-08-2020 Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 19 August made a sizeable donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Palestinian Ministry of Health as …
When we ensure protection and respect for health workers, we also ensure that people who need their help receive continuous care. This is all the more important in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has …
Facts and figures: January to June 2020 The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. Our current major activities in Ethiopia address the …
18-08-2020 Recent armed violence in Jonglei State and Greater Pibor Administrative Area has forcibly uprooted thousands of people from their homes and left entire areas without access to medical …
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