Myanmar: Operational Facts and Figures – January to December 2024
… of food and clean water, limited access to healthcare and education, restrictions on movement, … safer practices to stay safe from potential danger while conducting their daily …
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Strengthening Respect for IHL: Building on Commonalities with Islamic Law
… has happened to their missing loved ones, health facilities destroyed with no medical care available, or children killed or maimed … humanitarian work. Today, we are witnessing a dangerous trend of lowering the standards of …
Highlights of the ICRC’s activities in Venezuela and the Caribbean in 2024
… their skills in areas such as first aid, health care, protection, economic security, project … adopt to lower the risk of being involved in dangerous situations or emergencies. 20 people …
The long shadow of war: Landmines, the unjustifiable weapons of long-term suffering
… by cutting them off from safe access to health care, education, and farmland. They delay … have been killed or injured, and the danger continues to hinder everyday life and …
Health care: another casualty of the armed conflict - Colombia
… that intensified was violence against health-care workers. The National Medical Mission … victims of violence, they work in highly dangerous environments and they are …
Humanitarian Report 2025 - Colombia
… or confined, and the severity of attacks on health workers. All these reached levels not … by armed actors for military purposes or to care for the wounded. This occupation by armed … no exceptions or concessions. The constant danger of explosive hazards The presence, use …
Humanitarian Report 2025: the situation in Colombia reached its most critical point in eight years in 2024.
… international humanitarian law. The constant danger of explosive hazards The presence, use … to their relatives and their whereabouts. Health care: Another casualty of the armed conflict …
Sudan: Delivering life-saving care to support a health system in crisis
… the armed conflict in Sudan, the country's health system is on the brink of collapse. … or destroyed. The toll on patients and caregivers is staggering. In many of the … traveling long distances - often through dangerous areas - only to find that hospitals …
ICRC in Iraq: Key Figures 2024
… 64,466 Detainees have improved access to health care following the technical support and … People have benefitted from 77 Health Care in Danger (HCiD) awareness sessions on managing …
Haiti: Renewed clashes fuel a humanitarian crisis that has no end in sight
… everything is in short supply: medical care, drinking water, food and even basic … been targeted. Already in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that fewer … daily challenge and, in some cases, a mortal danger. Often, residents take their lives in …
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