Health Strategy 2020–2023
Health Strategy 2020–2023 builds on Health Strategy 2014–2018 and addresses the increasing volume of unmet humanitarian health needs, many of which result from: protracted conflict, poverty and …
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Management of diabetic foot
Diabetes and its complications represent an increasing global challenge. This guidance document has been created to help clinical teams in the field to organize care for diabetic patients at primary …
Serbia: Support to Red Cross societies, penitentiaries and authorities during COVID-19
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the ICRC in Belgrade has been in close contact with the authorities and Red Cross societies in the region to provide support, advice and training to staff and …
Venezuela: Nourishing the hope of returnees during COVID-19
Neither Luis, Jorge, or Lisseth were born in the city of Santa Elena de Uairén, in the state of Bolívar, but due to different life circumstances, they were all in Santa Elena when the COVID-19 …
Libya: COVID-19 and conflict collide, deepening humanitarian crisis
20-08-2020 Geneva (ICRC)— War-torn Libya's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000 today . More than half a million people …
Jerusalem: ICRC donates protective equipment to tackle second wave of COVID-19
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 …
World Humanitarian Day 2020: Respect and protect health workers in the COVID-19 pandemic
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 …
Ethiopia: Adapting operations during COVID-19 to meet humanitarian needs
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 …
South Sudan operational update: Violence, floods leave thousands homeless and at-risk of malnutrition and disease
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 …
ICRC: 600 violent incidents recorded against health care providers, patients due to COVID-19
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 …
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