Why is health care in danger in Papua New Guinea Highlands?
… Tukupangi, Papua New Guinea The wrecked rooms of a health-care clinic, destroyed in the midst of a …
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Health Care in Danger: Violent Incidents Affecting the Delivery of Health Care, January 2012 to December 2013
… 2012 to December 2013, ICRC documented 1,809 incidents of assaults or threats against patients, health-care personnel, ambulances or medical …
Health Care in Danger: New tool for State armed forces
… A new publication presents measures to minimize the impact of military operations on the delivery of health care. Data gathered by the ICRC since 2012 in …
Health Care in Danger: We must learn from each other
… Editorial - Health Care in Danger Newsletter, December 2014 And the …
Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
… mark the launch of The Ethical principles of health care in times of armed conflict and other …
Health Care in Danger: Voices of the Community of Concern
… gathered around a common goal – to protect health care. This community is made up of doctors, … how to protect medical staff and hospitals during military operations, and act accordingly …
Health Care in Danger: A hospital is more than just a building
… A hospital is more than a building. Its protection is not just about erecting … mental, is also essential to ensuring that health facilities function. This was the clear … of Health Facilities" as part of the Health Care in Danger project. The workshops …
Health Care in Danger campaign: Stop violence against medical personnel and facilities in Iraq
… 06-11-2018 Organized jointly by the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment and the International … public awareness campaign entitled Health Care in Danger has been launched on 12 …
Photo gallery - Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
… ICRC President Peter Maurer introduces the launch event. Vincent Bernard, … of Operations and the heads of four major health care organizations. Babak Ali Naraghi, Head of …
Health Care in Danger: We still need to do a lot of advocacy
… Since December 2013, when the conflict began, … of cholera. We asked Veronica Kenyi, SSRC health manager, to tell us how her National … South Sudan affecting the delivery of health care? Health facilities are being looted and …
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