Five takeaways from the Health Care in Danger commissions
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 In December …
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Health Care in Danger Newsletter: January-June 2015
… How can we protect hospitals, health care workers and patients from attacks? The June Newsletter of the Health Care in Danger project brings you interesting …
Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering
… and premature baby section of a hospital killing, among others, five babies and three mothers. A health-care centre occupied by security forces for …
Health Care in Danger newsletter: July – November 2015
… What do ethics have to do with protecting health care? How can we make sure doctors and nurses …
Health care in danger: The human cost
… The law says hospitals, ambulances and health-care workers must be protected and should … the lack of safe access to health care is causing untold suffering to millions of people. …
Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
… ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and … and their effects, and is part of Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project that aims to …
Health Care in Danger: A Harsh Reality
… Violence, both actual and threatened, against the wounded and the sick, and against health-care facilities and personnel, is one of the …
Health Care in Danger Strategy: Evaluation Report
… This evaluation, completed in August 2022, assessed the ICRC's Health Care in Danger Strategy. The evaluation …
Health Care in Danger: Community of Concern
… Video game wins special HCiD award Killing prisoners or … game module that would promote respect for health-care personnel and facilities. The winner of …
Health Care in Danger - Stage II
… banners is part of the second stage of the Health Care in Danger project. The visuals transmit …
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