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Haiti: Influx of wounded patients exacerbates needs in hospitals

… and other humanitarian services. Some health facilities in the worst-hit areas are … conditions can no longer receive urgent care. Access to food, water and fuel is cut off … equipment, sanipit and probiotic products to health facilities that include Hôpital Saint …

Law and policy topic

ICRC president: "We are witnessing a global and collective failure to protect civilians in armed conflicts"

… access to water, sanitation, electricity or health care – causing more death and disease, … civilians and civilian objects against the danger of being incidentally harmed by attacks …

Law and policy topic

Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024

… Detention • 47,000 detainees gained improved health care access through technical support and … National Society Development, Health Care in Danger, Health, Water and Habitat, Economic …

Law and policy topic
Activity Report: Iraq 2024

Afghanistan: ICRC team reaches remote communities affected by earthquake in Kunar

… essentials such as food, water and basic health care. Many are traumatized and fear going back to their ruined homes because of the danger that aftershocks will cause buildings to …

Article
Nurgal district, Kunar province. An old man surveys what is left of the village in the wake of the earthquake in Afghanistan.

150 years of humanitarian action: Photos past and present

…   The First World War     Women and war     Health care in danger     Protecting prisoners     National …

Article

Ukraine: Online video from Mariupol is filled with false claims

31-05-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – A video filmed in our Mariupol office now circulating in some media is filled with false claims and baseless assumptions about the work of the International Committee of the …

News release

South Asia experts to discuss protection of cultural property during armed conflict

… ICRC is doing to put an end to attacks on health workers and patients, go to Health Care in Danger website Follow the ICRC on Facebook and …

Law and policy topic

Syria: In societies shattered by conflict, civilians pay a high price for years

… children here have less food, clean water, health care and education than international standards … infrastructure – water, electricity and health care – are stretching the population’s …

News release

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 Cross …

Publication

Namibia: Prison chiefs from around the world seeking better conditions for detainees

… facilities where hygiene is inadequate, health care unavailable and safety impossible to … safety, healthful food, sanitation, medical care, access to justice and humane treatment. …

News release

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