Health care in danger: Meeting the challenges
… A humanitarian worker caught up in the conflict in Mali, a religious leader in … d'Ivoire, and many others striving to protect health-care services share their stories of courage …
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Health Care in Danger: Making the Case
… humanitarian issues of today: violence against health care. Attacking health-care structures and …
Health Care in Danger: Community of Concern
… It first travelled to Stockholm to take part in the 150th anniversary celebrations of the … media. A round-table on the safety of Swedish health-care personnel was also organized, and …
Health care in danger: The legal framework
… This course provides an introduction to the laws governing health care services in armed conflict, and explains …
Health Care in Danger: Community of concern
… Rules of War (in a nutshell) This year marks the 150th … protect the sick and the wounded, as well as health-care personnel and facilities, during armed …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
… Dr Nehal Hefny, Programs and Projects Coordinator at the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. The latest newsletter of the Health Care in Danger project features a variety of …
Health Care in Danger: A Harsh Reality
… Violence, both actual and threatened, against the wounded and the sick, and against health-care facilities and personnel, is one of the …
Health Care in Danger - Stage II
… banners is part of the second stage of the Health Care in Danger project. The visuals transmit …
Health Care in Danger: Latest news
… of the serious consequences of violence against health-care workers and facilities. Similarly, other …
Health care in danger: Latest news
… The impact of violence on health-care workers was a central topic at the 20th Inter-American Conference of the Red Cross in …
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