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Yemen: the longest journey home
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COVID-19: Virtual roundtable on managing the dead in a dignified manner
The ICRC regional delegation in New Delhi recently held a virtual roundtable with experts from the country's leading health, disaster and emergency response agencies to address the challenges encountered in managing the dead with dignity.| Article -
Philippines: Amid floods and armed conflict, a safer space for students in Pagatin
Nasrah Abdulbayan longs for her old school, where she studied and played without worry.Five years ago, she and her fellow Grade 3 students at Pagatin Elementary School in Datu Salibo town, Maguindanao, transferred to makeshift classrooms because of t| Article -
Jordan: Khaldun’s first humanitarian mission
Recently, the ICRC’s Logistic Supply Centre (LSC) in Amman successfully organised and shipped 732 wheelchairs (for both children and adults), 930 walking frames (for vulnerable persons with disabilities), and 325 crutches to war-torn Syria by road.| Article -
More than 1,000 former detainees from Yemen conflict transported home
The two-day process October 15-16 involved 11 ICRC-operated flights into and out of five cities in two countries – Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The number of detainees released and provided with transportation was 1,056.| News release -
Why not me? A Story of Loss and Hope
Despite the time that has passed, Tabitha recalls every word of the song that she has sung for years, while she was still reeling from the amputation of her leg.Back then, she felt hopeless.| Article -
Nigeria: Sharp increase in food prices caused by COVID-19 raises fear of hunger
Abuja (ICRC) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has seen an increase in malnutrition rates among children in nutrition centres it supports in Nigeria.| News release -
HELP: Training course for managing relief operations in humanitarian crises
Health Emergencies in Large Populations is a multidisciplinary training course for managing humanitarian operations in disasters, conflicts and other crises.| Article -
Hunger strikes and the purpose of ICRC visits
With the spread of COVID-19, visiting detention facilities has become more challenging. Places of detention are not immune against disease; the virus can enter or leave through family visits, detention personnel and/ or new detainees.| Article -
Venezuela: lives turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people in Venezuela were already suffering the effects of armed violence and had limited access to water, health care, and food.| Photo gallery -
World Food Day: Rising food prices, job losses, and unabated conflict spark fears of rising hunger in communities across Africa
A recent survey by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) among 2,400 people in 10 African countries found that since the start of the pandemic, 94 percent of survey respondents reported that prices of food and other essentials in their| News release -
Ethiopia: ICRC distributes medical, non-medical items to COVID-19 treatment centers
Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs), consisting of 28,000 gloves, 61,500 surgical and respiratory masks, 4,200 gowns and surgical caps and 300 aprons, were among the items supplied to the treatment centers in August 2020.Other medical items distribu| Article -
COVID-19: ICRC, KOICA sign agreement to support Indonesian prisons
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide.| Article -
Operational update on the release of detainees from the Yemen conflict
Facts about the operation: More than 1,000 people detained in relation to the conflict in Yemen are to be transported back to their region of origin or to their home countries by the ICRC in the largest operation of its kind during the five-and-a-hal| News release -
African Union: Reflections on ICRC African Union Delegation activities
Mr Mokaya conveyed his perception of the progress of ICRC and the evolving ADO's engagement with the African Union Commission.| Article -
South Sudan: ICRC facilitates release of three people including two foreigners in Central Equatoria
Juba/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the release of three people, including two Sudanese nationals, deprived of their freedom in South Sudan.| News release -
Kosovo: What the families of missing people need
Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in Kosovo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been collecting information about the concerns and issues faced by the families of missing persons from them directly.| Article -
Lebanon: Paralysis doesn’t stop Naji’s success
Naji contracted the virus when he was just 6 months old during the epidemic in the 1970s. At the time, the virus caused a fever and paralyzed movement in his legs and hands.| Article -
Statement by Martin Schuepp, ICRC Eurasia Regional Director, Geneva, October 13
Today, we are more than two weeks into a period of intense violence as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict escalates. We estimate there are hundreds of thousands of people affected across the region.Civilians are dying or suffering life-changing injuries.| News release -
Invitation to pre-qualify for a tender to construct a new Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Sa'ada, Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch an invitation to pre-qualify for an upcoming restricted tender in connection with the following project:Construction of a Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Sa'ada, YemenPlease f| Article -
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: ICRC stands ready to facilitate handover of bodies of those killed in action and the simultaneous release of detainees
“The ICRC has a long-standing history as a neutral intermediary in conflicts around the world, and it is our hope that this operation can move forward quickly so the remains of those killed in action can be returned to their loves ones and mourned wi| News release -
COVID-19 and mental health: War on two fronts for the Pacific
There are indications that the coronavirus has affected everyone around the world in some way, with more than 36 million people infected and over a million people having lost their lives.| Article