Irish Red Cross, EU and ICRC: #NotATarget campaign
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … across Ireland, a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget, from 14 September to 18 …
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What is the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?
… ICRC Africa deputy regional director Linh Schroeder gave evidence to the UK … threats are already overlapping with existing health and economic crises." The past months … the ICRC most is the weak state of health care structures [in areas affected by …
Newsletter - September 2020: Weakened by conflict, health systems in the Middle East struggle to cope with COVID-19
… pandemic has further destabilized public health systems already weakened by war and natural disasters in Yemen , Syria , Iraq , Gaza , Occupied … COVID-19 Hospitals in Gaza are striving to care for COVID19 patients with only four hours …
Egypt: Facts and Figures Jan - Dec 2019
… In Egypt, the International Committee of the … humanitarian law (IHL), and cooperates with healthcare providers to help them boost their …
World Food Day: Rising food prices, job losses, and unabated conflict spark fears of rising hunger in communities across Africa
… 15-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC)—Rising food prices and job losses triggered by … Red Crescent societies and local clinics and health care facilities to treat moderate and severe …
Disarmament efforts essential to address humanitarian concerns of weapons technologies
… General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items Delivered … operations, parties must take constant care to spare the civilian population, … in the water and electricity supply, health care and other services essential to …
TPNW is a long-awaited tool to ensure that nuclear weapons are eliminated and never used again
… UN and Head of Delegation, New York Good morning, distinguished colleagues and ambassadors. … and long-term effects on people, societies, health-care systems and the environment. Answering a …
Midwives of Afghanistan: Mitigating childbirth crisis in the face of danger
… A number of reports in the past few years have shed light on the danger which have come upon Afghanistan's healthcare system. Doctors, nurses and even patients …
Bangladesh: Emergency nurses go above and beyond duty amid COVID-19
… is very important as we actively participate in patients’ treatment. Following the triage … system, we categorize patients based on their health conditions so that those who need … home. At the outset of the pandemic, we were scared because of the virus spread. But we have …
Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law: Common principles of the two legal systems
… Even wars have limits. They are defined by International Humanitarian Law which … na visokim državnim pozicijama u Osmanskoj Carevini, odnosno, da su djeca iz Bosne i … for every human being across the globe. A healthy spirit, strong morals and an …
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