19-08-2020 Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 19 August made a sizeable donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Palestinian Ministry of Health as …
When we ensure protection and respect for health workers, we also ensure that people who need their help receive continuous care. This is all the more important in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has …
Facts and figures: January to June 2020 The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. Our current major activities in Ethiopia address the …
18-08-2020 Recent armed violence in Jonglei State and Greater Pibor Administrative Area has forcibly uprooted thousands of people from their homes and left entire areas without access to medical …
18-08-2020 More than 600 incidents of violence, harassment or stigmatization against health care workers, patients and medical infrastructure in relation to COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the …
Safer Access TO Essential Public Services facebook.com/ICRC twitter.com/ICRC Regional Delegation for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay SHIS QI 15 Conj. 05, Casa 23, Lago Sul, 71635-250 …
The severity of the humanitarian situation in Nigeria has been further exacerbated with the onset of COVID-19 in February 2020 and its subsequent spread. The virus has since spread to all 37 states …
Statement of Peter Maurer , President of the ICRC, to the sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 17 August 2020 — This year's Conference of States Parties to the Arms …
In parts of Mindanao, the continuing impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health and livelihood has made it harder for vulnerable farming households to recover from the effects of armed conflict. To learn …
Small Pacific Island Nations are highly vulnerable when it comes to natural disasters and pandemics. With its long experience working on humanitarian issues in prisons, including advising on the …
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