Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities
In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …
In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …
… psychological consequences of their stressful jobs. Government workers learnt about … businesses or were assisted in looking for jobs. During post-distribution interviews, … worked towards self-sufficiency by securing jobs or by starting or strengthening small …
The ICRC commissioned this assessment in 2019 to analyse the capacity and capability of the organisation to implement evaluations. The assessment looked at the practice and culture of evaluation, and …
… with stories of people who lost their jobs or were socially excluded. The situations …
The new report, Civil legal issues related to the families of the missing in Nepal , commissioned by the ICRC, highlights the legal and administrative issues faced by the families of the missing. The …
The ICRC in South Sudan will expand its primary and secondary health-care services (including mental health and psychosocial support) in the frame of the World Bank-financed health services project …
Armed conflict and other situations of widespread violence generate immediate and additional health-care requirements for wounded and sick people. These requirements increase at the very time when …
… dignity are respected. It includes access to jobs and income-generating activities, often …
Forty-one serving military officers from five continents gathered in New Delhi to participate in a Regional Workshop on Integrated Protection of Civilians (PoC) held in December 2016. The workshop …
"Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism" (P/CVE) is a global State-led approach that is part of a broader counter-terrorism agenda. This "whole-of-society" approach aims, through a wide range of …
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