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… The Health Care in Danger community is a unique force of change. … practice measures to protect patients and health care workers from violence. This …
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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 …
Health Care in Danger: Meeting the Challenges
… "Health Care in Danger: Meeting the Challenges" is a … how violence can disrupt the delivery of health care. In some cases, entire communities …
B, General services, 1917- ongoing, 3313 metres of shelf space
… Researchers must therefore be particularly careful to respect the privacy of the … d'accueil d'Eric Martin, symposium IHD ''The Health Care Cost Explosion'' … juridique des populations civiles contre les dangers de la guerre 17.11.1955-17.11.1955 B …
Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2015
… staff members in order to fulfil the duty of care to our staff and to ensure the continuity … paid by a growing number of States to the dangers posed by these weapons to life and health, and to the integrity of the …
Helping the helpers – why does psychosocial support matter?
… Health-care workers should be provided with tools, … developing strategies for the protection of health care. Only then can health-care workers … Gaza, Syria and Ukraine. Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
Liberian army sets out to protect health-care workers
… while preserving people's access to health-care services. In true military fashion, the … manuals, and so on. Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
Health care in danger: Meeting the challenges
… d'Ivoire, and many others striving to protect health-care services share their stories of courage … hope in the new publication Health Care in Danger – Meeting the Challenges . Four years …
Armed groups, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can protect health care in many ways
… drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery safer. Too often, … in English and Spanish . Read: Health Care in Danger newsletter, July – November 2015 …
Health Care in Danger: Violent Incidents Affecting the Delivery of Health Care, January 2012 to December 2013
… of assaults or threats against patients, health-care personnel, ambulances or medical … of the iceberg of all the violence affecting health care worldwide, the ICRC report allows …
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