Ethiopia: Respecting and protecting health care during a conflict
… As part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative, the ICRC seeks to …
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Afghanistan: A health-care system on life support
… Afghanistan (IEA) took control of the country in August 2021, funding from development … infrastructure projects including in the health sector. It led to the immediate … prevent the collapse of the secondary-health-care system, the International Committee of …
Engaging with armed groups to protect health care
… 36 armed groups, the ICRC – as part of the Health Care in Danger initiative – has produced a …
Partnership is key to ending violence against health care
… Violence against health care is a persistent feature that … Crescent Movement started the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) Initiative to devote concerted …
Protect Health Care: Fast-Tracking of Ambulances (poster)
… that survived because the ambulance he was being transported in was fast-tracked at a … of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …
Australia: Working to end violence against health care
… Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and … Crescent Societies created the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project, a global initiative to …
Legislative Checklist: Protecting Health Care from Violence
… compatibility study) that cover some of the main challenges related to the protection of health care during armed conflict and other …
New e-learning module for health-care professionals
… 30-10-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – A new e-learning module , specifically designed to help health-care personnel understand the effects of …
Joint statement on the protection of health care
… Statement In the last few months, a number of attacks against health-care workers, medical transports and …
Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show
… 03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered … thousands of attacks on health-care systems in the roughly five years since the UN …
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