15-03-2022 On 15 March 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened its new Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, north of Iraq. The 14,630 sqm compound is the largest …
The ICRC and the WB agreed to prolong their operational collaboration around Health in South Sudan , focused on the provision of secondary healthcare services at the Akobo County Hospital (ACH). The …
Migration, disappearances, violence, use of force and prision emergency: the 5 most pressing issues in 2022 By Jordi Raich, head of the ICRC's regional delegation for Mexico and Central America. …
For the past 150 years, the ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency has been helping people separated from their loved ones. We are entrusted by the Geneva Conventions as a neutral intermediary to assist …
Since 2014, the Lake Chad crisis has been affecting the people of Cameroon’s Extreme North region. Hundreds of thousands have fled, most of them remaining inside the country. In 2016, people in …
13-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – A worst-case scenario awaits the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by heavy combat in Mariupol unless the parties reach a concrete humanitarian agreement urgently, …
Continuously raging violence in Taiz, Marib, Al-Bayda, Hodeida, Shabwah, Al-Jawf and Hajjah has forced over 157,500 people into displacement in 2021 only, adding to the over 3.3 million people who …
09-03-2022 The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is increasingly dire and desperate, and the ICRC is scaling up its response by the hour to meet people’s vast needs. In just two weeks, homes have …
On 9 March 2022 , at 15:30pm CET, (9:30am EST), the International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be hosting an …
Preparation to conduct ICRC run livestock vaccination around a pond in Qubi, Somali region. Henok Birhanu/ICRC Community animal health Workers receiving a briefing from an ICRC colleague about the …
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