Legislative Checklist: Protecting Health Care from Violence
… compatibility study) that cover some of the main challenges related to the protection of health care during armed conflict and other …
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Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show
… 03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered … thousands of attacks on health-care systems in the roughly five years since the UN …
Israel and the occupied territories: Restraint and de-escalation urgently needed as civilians pay a terrible price
… 11-05-2021 Statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, Regional … it is critical that people can access the health care and treatment they need, and we reiterate …
Blaise Matuidi teams up with the ICRC to protect health-care workers in conflict zones
… 19-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – In an ideal world, health-care workers who risk their lives to save …
Respecting and protecting health care in armed conflicts and in situations not covered by international humanitarian law - Factsheet
… International humanitarian law (IHL) – also … SERVICE ON IHL RESPECTING AND PROTECTING HEALTH CARE IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND IN SITUATIONS NOT …
We can build on good practices emerging from the pandemic to address the individual and systemic drivers of vulnerability
… Council open debate, protection of civilians in armed conflict: Speech given by Mr Peter … us, that the pandemic has not solely been a health crisis: it has intensified existing … kept apart, shuttered schools, routine health care and vaccinations halted. We have seen the …
5 years on, there has not been significant change: access to health care continues to be impeded
… HL Side Event on Protection of Health Care: Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. …
DR Congo: The population of Goma flees a volcano’s menace as a major humanitarian crisis looms
… 28-05-2021 Fearing another eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano … require support to ensure continuity of care, particularly in primary health centers. At Ndosho hospital, the ICRC …
Facts & Figures Gaza-May 2021
… hostilities between Gaza and Israel broke out in May and lasted for 11 days. The ICRC has … during this difficult time. Supporting health facilities is our key priority, and … the awareness of over 750,000 persons on the dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXO). 1,000 …
DR Congo: Huge numbers of people in dire need of assistance following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
… Goma residents who had fled the city. Prime Minister Sama Lukonde said that, in the first … to Goma. This includes providing water and health care and reuniting separated families. They …
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