Syria: Aid delivery across front lines in Homs
04-12-2014 In November, the ICRC provided clean water, food, health care and other emergency relief for more civilians than ever before, with joint ICRC-Syrian Arab Red Crescent teams repeatedly …
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Malaysia: Practitioners discuss best health practices in places of detention
04-12-2014 Kuala Lumpur (ICRC) – Thirty prison managers and medical personnel have just completed a three-day seminar on health care in places of detention organized by the ICRC in close cooperation …
Central African Republic: Here we also treat invisible wounds
When people witness killings, or the looting of all their property, or when they are raped or tortured, they suffer from psychological trauma and require emergency help. Erica Pellizzari, a clinical …
From Donetsk to Sevastopol: The story of a volunteer
Yury comes from Donetsk. He fled to Sevastopol because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The letters "MKKK" on the box stand for "Международный Комитет Красного Креста" – "International Committee …
Jordan: Helping Syrian refugees protect themselves from mines
The ICRC and the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR) have been working together on various mine action activities for some years. The "Mine Risk Education'' programme, run by …
Nepal: Doctors enhance their ability to deal with emergencies
03-12-2014 Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University are jointly organizing three emergency-room trauma courses this year, …
Health Care in Danger: News
The Health Care in Danger project was a central topic at the 12th African Union – ICRC joint seminar in Addis Ababa. Similarly, other events and workshops took place over the last few months. States …
New e-learning tool for health-care workers
Are you a doctor in a conflict zone wondering how to conduct yourself with the media, or a nurse wondering how to respond to requests from the police or the military for information on patients? Are …
Promoting respect for ambulance services in Nepal
The Nepal Red Cross Society takes part in several joint initiatives with the Nepal Medical Association and the ICRC to improve the delivery of health care in Nepal – for instance, organizing HCiD …
Health Care in Danger: We still need to do a lot of advocacy
Since December 2013, when the conflict began, the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC), the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other Movement partners have been …
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