Ethiopia: Putting humanitarian needs first in 2019
… Facts & Figures The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 … supplies and emergency kits to 20 primary health care units and 13 hospitals Distributed …
… Facts & Figures The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 … supplies and emergency kits to 20 primary health care units and 13 hospitals Distributed …
… Civilian areas have not been spared the fighting. All sides have suffered. CC … conditions. Homes, hospitals, civilians and health workers have been attacked. Water and … Wounded have the right to receive medical care Rules of war in a nutshell …
… When someone goes missing due to conflict, the children they leave … Program Enrollee The ICRC’s mental health and psychosocial support teams in … because she is the only one I know that cares for me after my father went missing. I …
… Mali, like other countries in the Sahel region, is in the grip of an … they realized that it failed to meet World Health Organization standards and was unfit … food, and to cover social security and health care costs, expenses relating to farming and …
… Advancing into 2024, we are thrilled to present a … conflict. By orchestrating a series of mental health and psychosocial support sessions, … Centers (CRC). • 1 workshop on various healthcare in detention themes was conducted for 35 …
… An update of our activities in central Mindanao, Philippines. Content: The … water for vulnerable communities in Pikit Health: Life-saving support without … Everybody understands that we have to take care of our water system,” Tani added. A …
… for January to June 2017 The armed conflict in north-east Nigeria continues to affect … emergency aid, as well as supporting health-care services and livelihoods, particularly in …
… piles of discoloured rags have been discarded in Yemen’s barren desert landscape. But the … from school because we have no one to take care of our mother,” said Fatima, a … and had been receiving cancer treatment at a health centre hundreds of kilometres away. But …
… end of pandemics. Communities are already living on a knife edge where additional shocks … that pandemics cannot be addressed solely as health issues. Instead the precondition is a … Attacks – including cyber-attacks – on health care workers and facilities are continuing …
… 11-08-2015 The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … restrictions are having a dramatic impact on health care," added Mr Maurer. "Health facilities …
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