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 …
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Health Care in Danger: We must learn from each other
… Editorial - Health Care in Danger Newsletter, December 2014 And the …
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: 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 …
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 …
10 Years of Health Care in Danger in the Movement
… While the protection of health care goes back to the very origins of the International Red Cross and …
Health Care in Danger: Violent Incidents Affecting the Delivery of Health Care, January 2012 to December 2014
… This report is based on 2,398 incidents of violence against health care. The data on those incidents was …
Health Care in Danger: The Responsibilities of Health-Care Personnel Working in Armed Conflicts and Other Emergencies
… A guidance document in simple language for health personnel, … of medical records - "Imported" health care (including military health care) - Data …
Health Care in Danger exhibition at SHAPE, NATO
… ambulance at SHAPE (c) SHAPE Photographic "Health Care in Danger - an issue for our times" hosted at …
Health Care in Danger: Collecting data on violence against health care is the first step in preventing it
… The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and … for collecting data on violence against health care. Participants will share challenges and …
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