Health care workers save lives: Condemnation of attacks linked to COVID-19
… The safety and protection of health care workers and health care infrastructure is paramount during the …
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Facebook and Red Cross launch #AfricaTogether, a campaign calling for vigilance against COVID-19
… 01-06-2020 1 June 2020 - Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … developed with Red Cross and Red Crescent health experts and targeting simultaneously … access to clean water, and supporting health care facilities and workers with training, …
Monthly Middle East and North Africa newsletter – May 2020: Our response to COVID-19
… across the Near and Middle East are marking Islam's holy month this year amid ongoing … has already reduced the access to food, health and education for many. The ICRC is … facilities like hospitals, primary health care centers with donations of disinfectant …
Health Care in Danger (posters)
… the tragic consequences of violence against health care. Poster 1 : Mother and Baby Poster 2 : …
Health Care in Danger: Making the Case
… humanitarian issues of today: violence against health care. Attacking health-care structures and …
Health Care in Danger: A Harsh Reality
… Violence, both actual and threatened, against the wounded and the sick, and against health-care facilities and personnel, is one of the …
Health Care in Danger: The Responsibilities of Health-Care Personnel Working in Armed Conflicts and Other Emergencies
… A guidance document in simple language for health personnel, … of medical records - "Imported" health care (including military health care) - Data …
Health Care in Danger Exhibition
… for the first phase of the HCID campaign focusing on raising awareness about the problem. … main visuals and on the text of the leaflet Health Care in Danger: A Harsh Reality. It consists …
Health Care in Danger - Stage II
… banners is part of the second stage of the Health Care in Danger project. The visuals transmit …
Protect Health Care: Medical Ethics (poster)
… A woman and a baby that survived because health-care workers provided impartial treatment – … told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they …
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