Australia: Working to end violence against health care
… Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and ambulances disrupt … Societies created the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project, a global initiative to …
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Protect Health Care: Fast-Tracking of Ambulances (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show …
New e-learning module for health-care professionals
… module , specifically designed to help health-care personnel understand the effects of … medical adviser of the "Health Care in Danger" project. "Anyone connected to internet …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and … Red Cross, is part of the Health Care in Danger project (HCiD). To learn more about the …
Australia: Ways forward to protect health care
… the international community better protect health care providers and patients in the midst of war … discussed at a special event, Health Care in Danger: the way forward , co-hosted by the ICRC …
A road map for protecting health-care services
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 The headlines … are being bombed, doctors attacked, and health-care facilities raided by combatants …
When preparing future practitioners means protecting health care
… Protecting health care is now a more pressing concern than ever. … Committee of the Red Cross's Health Care in Danger project, has devised a massive open …
Gaza: Damaged water and sewage systems pose health danger
… environment, worsening the risks to public health. This aggravated an already serious … (35,000 inhabitants) are still exposed to health hazards and the strong stench of … patients to hospitals and other health-care facilities, ambulance services, and Gaza's …
Gaza: Protecting health care in conflict
… "Health-care workers, facilities and transport must be … or misused," says Erin O'Connor, ICRC health delegate in Gaza. During the 2014 … to repair the facility. Health Care in Danger is an ICRC-led project, which aims at …
Protect Health Care: Spared Hospital (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they show …
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