Mozambique: ICRC operational response in 2023
Maputo (ICRC) - We help people affected by the armed conflict in northern Mozambique, where more than 670,000 people were internally displaced as of the end of the year and humanitarian needs remain …
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Digital Health Framework: Leveraging digital health innovations and intelligence to sustainably improve the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of ICRC health-care services
The ICRC’s Digital Health Framework provides a clear and structured understanding of the ICRC’s digital health goals and intended outputs, outcomes, and impact through 2024 and beyond. This document …
ICRC president: "Humanitarian action cannot be a substitute for the lack of political solutions"
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the European Humanitarian Forum – 18 March 2024 Commissioner, Ministers, Excellencies, colleagues, …
ICRC Activities in Egypt: Facts & Figures 2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
Burkina Faso: Working together with communities to build their resilience in the face of a protracted crisis
15-03-2024 Statement by Patrick Youssef, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Africa, following his visit to Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (ICRC) – During my visit to …
Search Continues for People Missing in Connection with Armed Conflicts
14-03-2024 ICRC Geneva - The 19th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 …
China: University of San Agustin garnered the championship in the 22nd IHL Moot Court for Asia-Pacific Region
Beijing (ICRC) – On March 9, 2024, the 22nd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for the Asia-Pacific Region, jointly organized by the International Committee of the …
Panama: Humanitarian Report 2024
In close collaboration with the Panamanian Red Cross, we work to provide a humanitarian response to migrants after their journey through the Darien region. Learn more in our 2024 activity report. The …
Mozambique: ICRC calls on respect for civilians, ramps up support to Mozambique Red Cross response to a new wave of displacements in Cabo Delgado
12-03-2024 Maputo (ICRC) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The forgotten people of North Kivu
The upsurge in armed conflict and other situations of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking a devastating humanitarian toll, especially in the east of the country. Read our …
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