BBC: The civilian hospital on Mosul's front line
BBC recently visited the Al-Shikhan hospital, once a daily health-care provider now a medical facility on the frontline. Watch the video on the BBC website: …
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Yemen: Stories behind the numbers of the conflict
Zamzam Murshed Zamzam and her three children are displaced. They have taken up residence in her old father’s tent. In the absence of a breadwinner, their living conditions are very hard. “My husband …
Ethiopia: Training future orthopaedic and physical rehabilitation experts
Fifteen students from across Ethiopia celebrated their graduation from a three-year programme at the Orthopaedic Vocational and Educational Training College (OTVETC) in Addis Ababa earlier this …
Helping people displaced by the Ukraine conflict
Many people have had to flee their homes because of the conflict in Ukraine . The ICRC is helping them, working in cooperation with local Red Cross branches and local authorities. From January to …
Red Cross Movement calls on States to address growing indifference to needs of migrants
Mexico (ICRC - IFRC) – Representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have adopted a declaration in response to an increased indifference by governments and society to the …
Malaysia: Students test their IHL knowledge in role play competition
The IHL Role Play Competition 2016 will be hosted by the ICRC and the National University of Malaysia (UKM) from the 9 th to the 11 th of November. In its second year, the Competition has drawn 14 …
Story behind the exhibits - interview with Thomas Russell
As an ICRC delegate, who has been working for the organization for 16 years, Thomas Russell, cooperation coordinator in the Regional Delegation of East Asia, tells us a story about recusing a wounded …
Biological Weapons Review Conference: ICRC statement
Eighth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their …
Malaysia: A joint collaboration to enhance health care in immigration detention
The Immigration Department of Malaysia recently hosted a small ceremony to commemorate handing over of medical equipment by the ICRC. The equipment will benefit detainees in six Immigration Detention …
Lebanon: Solidarity beyond borders through schools
This school in Lebanon's Wadi Khaled, one kilometre away from Syria, is an example of solidarity beyond borders, as it brings together vulnerable Lebanese children and refugees. They might be from …
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