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 …
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Engaging with armed groups to protect health care
… 36 armed groups, the ICRC – as part of the Health Care in Danger initiative – has produced a publication …
Partnership is key to ending violence against health care
… Violence against health care is a persistent feature that continues to … Crescent Movement started the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) Initiative to devote concerted …
Time to Act: Stopping Violence, Safeguarding Health Care
… we do to prevent attacks against patients, health workers, hospitals and ambulances? This … outlines the recommendations of the Health Care in Danger initiative. It is aimed at States, …
Afghanistan: A health-care system on life support
… infrastructure projects including in the health sector. It led to the immediate … prevent the collapse of the secondary-health-care system, the International Committee of … often travel several hours, sometimes along dangerous roads in areas that are still …
Ethiopia: Respecting and protecting health care during a conflict
… As part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative, the ICRC seeks to … in preventing and addressing violence against health care. In line with this initiative, the …
Are we doing enough to safeguard health-care services?
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 On 15 February, three more health-care facilities in Syria were bombed. …
Best practices for ambulance services – excellent health care for patients
… aiders are often a patient's first contact to health-care services. To guarantee the provision of … takes to do it, and duck away from potential danger, can prove to be fatal. In other, …
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 …
Pakistan: Karachi says no to violence against health-care workers
… violent incidents that result in injuries to health workers and damage to hospitals, … Hospital joined forces to launch a Health Care in Danger project to protect health workers in …
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