Pakistan: ICRC operational response to COVID-19
… following key operational areas: Supporting health-care facilities Health care infrastructure … this pandemic. As part of the Health Care in Danger Initiative (HCiD), we have been: …
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Prisons, migration and use of force
… basic services for detainees, such as food, health care and judicial guarantees. In the midst of … conflicts and violence, which exposes them to danger due to their unfamiliarity with the …
Confidential dialogue with weapon bearers in Colombia
… of travel, food and accommodation for the 886 health-care workers who took part in this exercise, … that must not be forgotten. Health care in danger. Prisons, migration and use of force. …
Sri Lanka: A family needs assessment
… needs of families of missing persons Health Care in Danger: ensuring safer access Sustainable …
Mali: Azahara, nursing in the face of adversity
… a key member of the team delivering surgical care at Gao hospital. After several years with … work is mainly carried out in what can be dangerous conflict zones. But she won't be put … later, in the hospital or elsewhere, in good health and smiling," she explained. "That …
Q&A: Humanitarian situation in Venezuela
… limited resources. Challenges to maintain the health system up and running and to repair … the family behind, taking an uncertain and dangerous path in the hope of finding a way to … continue training health staff in emergency care, donating hospital equipment, and …
Iraq on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: Honoring over 40 Years of Cooperation
… thousands of people in need across Iraq: • Health care access : 10 mobile clinics supported by … support in emergency response, health care in danger, climate action, and restoring family …
Yemen: Plight of Population is Growing as World Attention Wanes
… the severity of food and water needs is dangerously acute in Taiz and other nearby … access to other essential needs such as basic health care is dangerously limited in these areas. …
South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands face critical food shortage
… high. Life in South Sudan is both chaotic and dangerous, and we are trying to help by improving access to food and health care." Though a peace agreement has been …
Somalia: Life-saving assistance to people affected by the drought
… daughter as she sleeps at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Kismayo General … therapeutic milk, he has been regaining his health. Despite the good progress, Arbay … The children in this phase are well out of danger and will be discharged soon. …
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