Ethiopia: A dispatch from West Tigray and North Amhara
… In mid-November, after the first week of … and deliver medicines and supplies to health care facilities and ambulances, which we had …
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Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for 2023
… In 2023, the International Committee of the … specialized in the fields of protection, health, forensics, and weapon contamination to … vaccination services at primary-health-care centres upgraded by the ICRC. • 3,474 …
Pledging to make hospitals safe havens
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 Hospitals …
Not a target!
… two weeks, from 18 April to 1 May 2018, the International Committee of the Red Cross … across Belgium a short film on the risks to health-care. The video projection is part of the …
Pakistan: Karachi motorists won over by ambulance campaign
… – A public awareness campaign on respecting ambulances' right of way, entitled … launched in Karachi in 2016 as part of the Health Care in Danger project. A marked improvement …
Model legislative provisions on the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict - Model law
… Document suggesting model legislative provisions to be used by … feasible measures to ensure protection and care of children who are affected by an armed … crime; it is enough to endanger the life or health of the person through such an act. (ii) …
Photojournalism: call for participation for the 2021 Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award
… 2021. Download the call for entry Every year since 2011, the ICRC has awarded the … photojournalists to address the issue of health care in danger and respect for medical …
Report: Urban services during protracted armed conflict
… 50 million people in urban areas face protracted and repeated … current approach, so as to minimize public health risks, the displacement of civilians … health services no longer have the ability to care for the wounded or treat chronic …
New tool helps hospitals prepare to face violence
… The Security Survey for Health Facilities is a new tool to help hospitals and other health-care facilities prepare for attacks against them and improve the safety and security …
Where is the urgency to bring attacks on healthcare to an end?
… of medical and humanitarian personnel in conflict. Statement by the ICRC President, … against the wounded and sick, medical care providers, ambulances and health care facilities. We are at risk of …
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