Health Care in Danger: News
The Health Care in Danger project was a central topic at the 12th African Union – ICRC joint seminar in Addis Ababa. Similarly, other events and workshops took place over the last few months. States …
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New e-learning tool for health-care workers
Are you a doctor in a conflict zone wondering how to conduct yourself with the media, or a nurse wondering how to respond to requests from the police or the military for information on patients? Are …
Promoting respect for ambulance services in Nepal
The Nepal Red Cross Society takes part in several joint initiatives with the Nepal Medical Association and the ICRC to improve the delivery of health care in Nepal – for instance, organizing HCiD …
Health Care in Danger: We still need to do a lot of advocacy
Since December 2013, when the conflict began, the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC), the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other Movement partners have been …
Afghanistan: Overcoming a disability with innovation, skill and courage
3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In the countries where we are working, people with disabilities are often among those who suffer the greatest hardship. This is …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
"We must learn from each other" says Dr Nehal Hefny, Programs and Projects Coordinator at the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. The latest newsletter of the Health Care in Danger project features a …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 5,000 people with disabilities cared for since 1998
On this Wednesday 3 December 2014, coinciding with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has crossed a symbolic threshold: 5,000 …
Health Care in Danger: Community of concern
Rules of War (in a nutshell) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to protect the sick and the wounded, as well as health-care personnel and …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014
Preparatory Discussion in view of the Fourth Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL 1 and 2 December 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, OCTOBER 2014 Contents 1. Introduction …
Health Care in Danger: "We told them they had to let us work"
The general hospital in Timbuktu, where Abdoul Aziz Ould Mohamed was working in 2012, was the only medical facility in the region not to be attacked during the conflict in northern Mali. In this …
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