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 …
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… 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 …
Pledging to make hospitals safe havens
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 Hospitals …
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 …
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 …
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Report
… Report drawn up by the Advisory Service on international humanitarian law of the … in particular on the quality and scope of the health and medical system in the country in … objectives — more clearly defined and more carefully selected — were to be made the …
The EU, Portuguese Red Cross and ICRC campaign 2021
… 2021, the ICRC, supported by the EU and in collaboration with the Portuguese Red Cross … in Portugal a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget The film screening is part of …
Irish Red Cross, EU and ICRC: #NotATarget campaign
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … across Ireland, a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget, from 14 September to 18 …
Prisons, migration and use of force
… The COVID-19 pandemic has led to complications in many detention facilities in Colombia. Not … basic services for detainees, such as food, health care and judicial guarantees. In the midst of …
South Sudan: A pregnant mother’s long walk to a safe birth
… Giving birth in South Sudan is often dangerous and difficult. Medical care can be long distances away, forcing … travel on foot late in their pregnancy to a health facility – a hardship endured by …
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