Study on the Management and Operationalization of Health Care in Danger as a cross-cutting Initiative
… In 2019, the ICRC commissioned an external evaluation of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative. This …
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Health care under threat in Colombia
… Humanitarian challenges 2020 In 2020, the peace agreement signed between … recorded 218 cases of aggression against health workers and facilities, some of them … illegal mining. Seeking or providing medical care has become an act of courage in …
Marking Ten Years of Health Care in Danger in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
… This report marks ten years of the Health Care in Danger initiative in the International Red …
Health Care in Danger: A priority for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
… Health Care in Danger, an ambitious project of the Red Cross …
Photo gallery - Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
… ICRC President Peter Maurer introduces the launch event. Vincent Bernard, … of Operations and the heads of four major health care organizations. Babak Ali Naraghi, Head of …
Health Care in Danger: We still need to do a lot of advocacy
… Since December 2013, when the conflict began, … of cholera. We asked Veronica Kenyi, SSRC health manager, to tell us how her National … South Sudan affecting the delivery of health care? Health facilities are being looted and …
Health Care in Danger: "We told them they had to let us work"
… The general hospital in Timbuktu, where Abdoul Aziz Ould Mohamed … What were the main challenges to providing health care in Mali? The first challenge was …
Health Care in Danger campaign: Stop violence against medical personnel and facilities in Iraq
… 06-11-2018 Organized jointly by the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment and the International … public awareness campaign entitled Health Care in Danger has been launched on 12 …
Health Care in Danger: A hospital is more than just a building
… A hospital is more than a building. Its protection is not just about erecting … mental, is also essential to ensuring that health facilities function. This was the clear … of Health Facilities" as part of the Health Care in Danger project. The workshops …
Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
… mark the launch of The Ethical principles of health care in times of armed conflict and other …
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