Libya: Ramping up its COVID-19 response
Since middle of March 2020, the ICRC, while maintaining its conflict related humanitarian activities, also started to ramp up its response to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Libya . Working with …
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Sudan: Helping prison authorities keep COVID-19 at bay
The health and well-being of detainees can be a constant worry for their loved ones at the best of times. Imagine how much worse this must be when a pandemic such as COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm …
South Sudan's largest mortuary renovated to help families know fate of their loved ones
13-05-2020 Juba (ICRC) – The mortuary at Juba Teaching Hospital, the largest in South Sudan, has been renovated with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help …
Armenia: Limited access to education – the unseen consequence of conflict
This story is about the coexistence of hope and despair, dreams and reality, children and the conflict. And who better to tell it than the children themselves? Here's Satenik, one of the kids who …
Exceptional Florence Nightingale Medal awarded to nurses, midwives in captivity
12-05-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – The 2020 Florence Nightingale Medal pays tribute to nursing staff who put themselves on the line to care for others while working in the most dangerous conditions. 12 May …
“An emergency within an emergency” – Red Cross nurses on conflict and COVID-19
What does it mean to be a nurse today? We asked four nurses to share their experiences and explain how COVID-19 is impacting their work. Natasha Moon, head nurse, Maiduguri, Nigeria We're an …
Papua New Guinea: Sponsoring nurses to become midwives and educators
Myrtle Sammy is one of five registered nurses in Papua New Guinea who was sponsored by the ICRC to study midwifery. After graduating top of her class, she now looks to share her knowledge and skills …
Jordan: ICRC continues its humanitarian work amidst COVID-19 environment
Within the context of its on-going efforts to ensure that an outbreak of COVID-19 is prevented in correctional facilities in Jordan, the ICRC provided personal hygiene items for inmates and …
International Nurses Day: Nurses deserve praise, thanks, protection amid COVID-19
11-05-2020 Geneva – Nurses and other health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 deserve to be recognized and commended for their life-saving efforts and personal sacrifices …
Our work in the Middle East: Operational response to COVID-19
COVID-19 has made no exceptions. Faced with the same demon, our collective vulnerabilities lie exposed in the wake of this pandemic. The novel coronavirus represents a major threat to life in …
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