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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Protecting health care - a matter of Life & Death
… the Life&Death campaign, part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project – a global initiative to …
Haiti: Delivering health care amid growing insecurity
… workers and facilities. Closure of health structures. Life-threatening wounds and … is travelling to a hospital, given that health services in these neighborhoods are … services, primarily emergency health care. We support first responders and hospital …
Safeguarding health care: The role of Geneva’s permanent missions
… United Nations General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, ECOSOC's Humanitarian Affairs … 2286 was adopted in May 2016, health-care facilities and personnel have continued to … happening, such as the ICRC's Health Care in Danger initiative or the World Health …
Joint statement on the protection of health care
… last few months, a number of attacks against health-care workers, medical transports and facilities … All those involved with the Health Care in Danger initiative are alarmed by the long-term …
Legislative Checklist: Protecting Health Care from Violence
… main challenges related to the protection of health care during armed conflict and other … and used together with other Health Care in Danger (HCiD) publications2 and any other …
Tabib: Protection of health care hits the big screen
… make Tabib and why he backs the message that health workers are #NotATarget. I remember that … Red Cross and the ICRC: joining their Health Care in Danger initiative seemed like the most natural …
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