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New York: ICRC and WHO urge concrete steps to better protect health care in conflict

… 24-09-2014 Geneva/New York (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are seeking stronger … protect people providing or receiving health care in conflict situations. A high-level …

News release

A strong resolve to end violence against health care

… to all United Nations Member States: We continue to sound the alarm. Scores of health-care workers are being killed or injured while …

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Protect Health Care: Respect for Red Cross Volunteers (poster)

… gave access to Red Cross volunteers during a riot – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …

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Armed groups, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can protect health care in many ways

… Three new HCiD publications bring together important steps non-State armed … drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery safer. Too often, …

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Zimbabwe: Protecting health care during SADC peace support operations

… 18-09-2015 Harare (ICRC) – A seminar aimed at identifying best practices to improve access to essential health services during peace support … African countries. "When access to health care is hindered or blocked during …

News release

Protecting health care: Experts share best practices during regional meet

… The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) unit of the International …

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Pakistan: Karachi says no to violence against health-care workers

… The News, a major newspaper in Pakistan, recently reported that 130 … violent incidents that result in injuries to health workers and damage to hospitals, … Hospital joined forces to launch a Health Care in Danger project to protect health

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Safeguarding health-care services: Will academia take up the challenge?

… Palacký University, in the Czech Republic, is setting a shining … how academia can help tackle violence against health-care personnel and facilities. In May 2017, it …

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Best practices for ambulance services – excellent health care for patients

… aiders are often a patient's first contact to health-care services. To guarantee the provision of quality care to the sick and wounded, even in challenging conditions, their safety is the …

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Are we doing enough to safeguard health-care services?

Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 On 15 February, …

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