Introducing the ICRC Surgical Training Hub
Surgical Training Hubs concept and implementation is one of the key deliverables of the Hospital Surgical Capacity Building Project. The poster explains how setting up STHs is crystalizing all the …
Surgical Training Hubs concept and implementation is one of the key deliverables of the Hospital Surgical Capacity Building Project. The poster explains how setting up STHs is crystalizing all the …
ICRC’s General Assembly renewed in 2019 its strong commitment to continue to be present and further develop an agile hospital surgical workforce, both ICRC and local, in countries affected by …
ICRC’s General Assembly renewed in 2019 its strong commitment to continue to be present and further develop an agile hospital surgical workforce, both ICRC and local, in countries affected by …
01-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) - With the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and neighbouring countries deteriorating rapidly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International …
The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. This report provides a broad evidence-based assessment …
The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. This report provides a broad evidence-based assessment …
In 2019, the ICRC commissioned an external evaluation of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative. This evaluation took a case study approach to address a knowledge gap in how HCiD was being …
ICRC continued their operations in 2021 to provide humanitarian protection and assistance to the conflict-affected population. Thousands of people received support through a number of programs …
26-02-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – "As the armed conflict in Ukraine evolves and escalates, the anguish and fear people have endured for the past three days deepen. We are extremely concerned that the conflict …
25-02-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – The international community must step up urgently to stop Afghanistan's rapid slide towards total collapse and all-out humanitarian disaster, warned international Red Cross …
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