Health care and violence: The need for effective protection
… Violence against health-care workers and facilities, … of the Movement launched the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative . This initiative has …
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ICRC urges concrete steps to protect health care in conflict
… Last year, an ICRC team reached Dammaj, a town in northern Yemen, to deliver medical supplies … and facilities so they can save lives. Our Health Care in Danger project seeks better protection …
Central African Republic: A never-ending quest to promote humanitarian rules
… Killings and acts of physical violence committed … first aid, they are unable to provide proper care for combat casualties. For fighters and … all the more important as the small number of health-care facilities in the country that …
Australia: Ways forward to protect health care
… How can the international community better protect health care providers and patients in the midst of …
Gaza: Damaged water and sewage systems pose health danger
… the Gaza Strip are still deprived of safe drinking water. Repairs to sewage systems and … environment, worsening the risks to public health. This aggravated an already serious … patients to hospitals and other health-care facilities, ambulance services, and …
Sri Lanka: A family needs assessment
… of activities carried out by the ICRC in Sri Lanka. Content: Identifiying … needs of families of missing persons Health Care in Danger: ensuring safer access …
Status of additional protocols relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2014
… to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed … of IHL. Yet today, violence against health-care personnel, facilities and transports is …
African Union: Protection of health care services in armed conflict and other emergencies
… Violence against the sick, the wounded, health-care …
Detention in non-international armed conflict – Second thematic consultation of government experts, 20-22 October 2014.
… The meeting covered grounds and procedures for … of detention, and the provision of medical care – would have to be addressed, and to … to the conflict in so far as the state of health, the spiritual needs and the number of …
African Union: Seminar on protection of health services
… – The African Union (AU) Commission and the International Committee of the Red Cross … Ababa on 22 October on the protection of health services in situations of armed … (PRC). In 2012, the ICRC launched the "Health Care in Danger" project that aims at improving …
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