African Union: Protection of health care services in armed conflict and other emergencies
… Violence against the sick, the wounded, health-care …
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A road map for protecting health-care services
… Health Care in Danger newsletter - March 2016 The headlines …
Protect Health Care: Spared Hospital (poster)
… of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, they …
Working together to protect health care
… Too many lives are being lost that could be saved. The consequences of violence against health-care workers are much greater than the sum of …
When preparing future practitioners means protecting health care
… Protecting health care is now a more pressing concern … Committee of the Red Cross's Health Care in Danger project, has devised a massive open …
Australia: Ways forward to protect health care
… How can the international community better protect health care providers and patients in the midst of …
New York: ICRC and WHO urge concrete steps to better protect health care in conflict
… 24-09-2014 Geneva/New York (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are seeking stronger … protect people providing or receiving health care in conflict situations. A high-level …
Blaise Matuidi teams up with the ICRC to protect health-care workers in conflict zones
… 19-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – In an ideal world, health-care workers who risk their lives to save …
Protecting health care - a matter of Life & Death
… In August 2011, the ICRC launched the Life&Death campaign, part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project – a global …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… What are the main obstacles and challenges to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and …
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