People on War 2016
… practices are wrong and that civilians and health-care workers and facilities must be protected. … www.icrc.org/peopleonwar HEALTH CARE IN DANGER What about attacking hospitals, …
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Medico-Legal Systems and Forensic Services: An Assessment Guide
… insights in other areas such as migration, health care in danger, addressing sexual violence, torture and …
Nuclear weapons: Global support for treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons is growing
… the immediate and long-term effects on human health, as well as on societies, health-care systems, the environment, and the planet …
ICRC Pakistan: Snapshot 2021
… rehabilitation, humanitarian forensics and health, this year saw a healthy mix of the old … on the issue of violence against health care culminated in the passage of the Khyber … this key topic, the ICRC's Health Care in Danger (HCiD) unit organized training sessions …
Editorial: Mexico y Central America, the humanitarian priorities
… disappearances, worsening mental health and the lack of access to basic services such as health care and education. In a region affected by …
“An emergency within an emergency” – Red Cross nurses on conflict and COVID-19
… zone and now facing a massive public health crisis. I'm based in the main Maiduguri … into the emergency ward whose lives are in danger, or if they're at risk of losing a limb. … is one of the few places they can get health care. Natasha Moon works at the main hospital …
Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic
… 162 مطبوعات- الرعاية الصحية يف خطر Health Care in Danger - Publications 174 أفالم- الرعاية …
Missing persons: a humanitarian tragedy that must not be forgotten
… pain and a deterioration in their mental health, also continue facing multiple obstacles to access care routes, such as legal barriers to access … in Colombia: a latent threat. Health care in danger. Prisons, migration and use of force. …
Burkina Faso: When water scarcity meets conflict
… women. Samuel TURPIN/ICRC Q: What is the health care situation in rural areas? Wendgouda Priva Kabré: At the health centres where we provide support, …
Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… DISAPPEARANCE “There used to be a health post here, but it’s gone now. It’s the … safer place In 2013, 609 people who were in danger after receiving death threats were given … drop out of school, hinders access to health care services and prevents farmers from tending …
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