ICRC: 600 violent incidents recorded against health care providers, patients due to COVID-19
… 18-08-2020 More than 600 incidents of violence, harassment or stigmatization against health care workers, patients and medical …
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Nigeria: Healthcare in Danger Training Module for Medical Students, Healthcare Workers and Teachers
… violence generate immediate and additional health-care requirements for wounded and sick people. These requirements increase at the very time when insecurity …
The implementation of rules protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies: A guidance tool
… for their national specificities, in developing effective domestic legal … obligations for protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies. …
China: Health interventions in crisis situations
… On July 4, Snowy Lintern, delegate to the Armed Forces of the … in Beijing and delivered a speech themed on “Health Interventions in Crisis Situations”. … challenges. Medical facilities and healthcare professionals are being targeted, leaving …
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 …
Australia: New report outlines how military forces can better protect health-care workers and patients
… Canberra (ICRC) – A new publication promoting military practice that better protects health-care workers and patients in armed conflict …
Promoting Military Operational Practice That Ensures Safe Access to and Delivery of Health Care
… This Health Care in Danger report compiles a complete set of …
Speech by ICRC president addressing attacks on health-care personnel, facilities and vehicles
… Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, We met in New York exactly 149 days ago, for the … that have passed since then, attacks on health-care personnel, facilities and vehicles have …
Health care workers save lives: Condemnation of attacks linked to COVID-19
… The safety and protection of health care workers and health care infrastructure is paramount during the …
Afghanistan’s health-care quandary: Travel treacherous roads for help, or wait for dawn?
… In Afghanistan, getting to a central hospital … law applies to armed conflicts, protecting health facilities, patients, medical staff and … posters with messages about protecting health care services and personnel so that those …
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