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… The Health Care in Danger project was a central topic at the 12th … a key role in preventing violence against health-care personnel and facilities. In this …
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Health Care in Danger: Community of concern
… protect the sick and the wounded, as well as health-care personnel and facilities, during armed … Arabic and Portuguese. Health Care in Danger on the web On 14 August 2014, …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
… Society. The latest newsletter of the Health Care in Danger project features a variety of articles …
Health Care in Danger: We must learn from each other
… Editorial - Health Care in Danger Newsletter, December 2014 And the … number and the seriousness of attacks against health-care workers and facilities and medical …
Health Care in Danger: "We told them they had to let us work"
… What were the main challenges to providing health care in Mali? The first challenge was … order to protect our hospitals and staff from danger. Next, I went to speak with the various …
Health Care in Danger: We still need to do a lot of advocacy
… of cholera. We asked Veronica Kenyi, SSRC health manager, to tell us how her National … in South Sudan affecting the delivery of health care? Health facilities are being looted and …
ICRC presents record budget for 2015 to meet vastly expanding needs
… epidemic has tested the capacities of fragile health services and is further exacerbating … to health needs, particularly surgical care for the wounded, health care for … health-care delivery safer ( video on the dangers of bringing medical aid in Yemen ) in …
Central African Republic: Civilians still suffering the effects of the conflict
… food rations again from the ICRC. Access to health care denied Many sick and wounded people could … to a health centre because it was simply too dangerous. Medical workers could not reach …
Refugees, returnees and displaced persons: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2014
… too often, civilians are not only placed in danger during military operations, but are … the ability of National Societies to operate, care should be taken not to overstretch their … as water-distribution and sanitation systems, health-care facilities, schools and social …
The ICRC and the Iran-Iraq war: The ICRC Library digs up the Annual Reports
… managed to deliver emergency aid to people in danger, visit thousands of POWs, repatriate … seriously w ounded o r sick persons w hose health required their repatriatio n , w hich w … refuge in these centres, where they w ere cared for by the M inistry o f the In terio r, …
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