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Humanitarian needs are enormous around the world, but together we can address them.

… Ukraine How you can help  Afghanistan  Health-care services in Afghanistan are in urgent need of support. Thousands of health facilities have closed or are no longer …

Publication

The difficult reality of the armed conflict in Colombia

… there were 218 acts of aggression against health workers and facilities. These were, … event of armed confrontations. Photo: ICRC Health care under threat The institutional response to …

Law and policy topic

DR Congo: The population of Goma flees a volcano’s menace as a major humanitarian crisis looms

… Goma and the surrounding area. People flee danger once again Even though the eruption of … require support to ensure continuity of care, particularly in primary health centers. At Ndosho hospital, the ICRC …

News release

Lessons learnt from the Ebola epidemic

… there were incidents of violence against health-care personnel who were trying to tackle the … and emergency response. Read: Health Care in Danger Newsletter, January-June 2015   …

Article

What is the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?

… are already overlapping with existing health and economic crises." The past months … Mozambique are trading this life-threatening danger for the risk of COVID-19. The new … the ICRC most is the weak state of health care structures [in areas affected by conflict] …

Law and policy topic

ICRC president says the world must wake up to the suffering in Yemen

… restrictions are having a dramatic impact on health care," added Mr Maurer. "Health facilities have been massively attacked …

News release

Ukraine crisis: Intensifying hostilities endanger civilian lives and infrastructure

… the lives of many civilians in serious danger, while civilian infrastructure providing … the dangers of mines and the lack of health care. All possible measures should be taken to …

News release

Libya: COVID-19 and conflict collide, deepening humanitarian crisis

… today . More than half a million people need health care assistance as conflict, COVID-19 and … have been bombed out of their homes, health care facilities have been destroyed, …

News release

Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic

… ‫ مطبوعات‬- ‫الرعاية ال�صحية في خطر‬ 156 Health Care In Danger - Publications 172 ‫ �أفالم‬- ‫الرعاية …

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Papua New Guinea: Two midwives passionately work to reduce maternal and infant mortality

… but they share the same passion – to take care of the sick and the vulnerable. This … of Nursing in 2018. Joanne's work with rural health facilities brought her face to face with … nurse for a short stint at the Pombreal Health Centre in 2018. Mothers and babies were …

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