Myanmar: The year 2024 in pictures
… challenges, including limited access to health care, water, food, communications, … needs such as water, food, sanitation and health care. We also provided medical supplies …
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She inspires: Breaking the bias this International Women's Day
… range from emergency aid like food and health services to helping communities build … in English, but for humanitarian health-care it transcends the barriers of language and … She thought we were putting the baby in danger with the CPR; clearly, she wasn’t aware …
South Africa: 15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law - Summary Report
… Minister Landers noted the importance of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) Project, which was piloted in …
Protection of civilians in armed conflict
… damage to critical infrastructure, such as health care, water and electricity. Critically, under … Cross Red Crescent Movement Health Care in Danger Initiative. Debates like this can play a …
South Sudan: Attacks on healthcare facilities putting communities at risk
… center was attacked in April this year, health workers were forced to suspend medical … we've been working in collaboration with health authorities in South Sudan , to improve … communities without any access to health care when they needed it the most. Healthcare …
Myanmar: Law and order, community trust needed to overcome humanitarian crisis
… access to schools, farm fields, markets and health care. How can families move forward? To … of law and order. Public services such as health care must be restored. Equally …
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Operational Update December 2020
… hygiene facilities, clean water Mental health and psychosocial support Damage to … across the region, as of early December: HEALTH CARE 15 hospitals and medical facilities …
I am no different than anyone else
… to be amputated," he said. A crumbling health care system Years of war and economic turmoil have corroded Sudan's health care system. In Khartoum and larger …
How humanitarian law applies to armed conflict and nuclear power plants
… 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, … parties must consider with particular care the grave risks for civilians inherent in …
Violence against women
… access to food, safe drinking water and health care. It may leave them as the head of the … exploitation while travelling, including the danger of being detained, sexually abused or …
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