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ICRC OFFICES IN MIDDLE EAST:
+ Syria
+ Lebanon
+ Jordan
+ Egypt
+ IL/OT
FOLLOW US:
ICRC
WEBSITE:
www.icrc.org
CONTACT US:
+ T. 02-5917900
+ F. 02-5917920
+ jer_jerusalem@icrc.org
WEBSITES:
+ Magem David Adom
Israel
+ Palestine Red
Crescent Society
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Health care in danger: the many faces of a growing problem
© ICRC // J. Mohr
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This ambulance was hit by a mortar shell. Attacking health-care structures, personnel and ambulances has a knock-on effect, depriving many patients of treatment they would otherwise have received from the facility or workers in question.
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On August 10th, ICRC launched a worldwide initiative that aims to address the widespread and severe impact of illegal and sometimes violent acts that obstruct the delivery of health care, damage or destroy facilities and vehicles, and injure or kill health-care workers and patients, in armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The project, which is set to run from 2011 to 2015, will focus on strengthening protection for the sick and wounded in these situations through the adoption of specific measures designed to help ensure that they have safe access to effective and impartial health care. Over the next four years, the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will urge States party to the Geneva Conventions, the health-care community at large and others concerned to devise concrete solutions and commit themselves to their implementation.
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A Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance is waiting at a checkpoint in Hebron.
© ICRC // ICRC
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Yemen, 2011. Ambulances take huge risks during armed conflicts to reach and transport the wounded and can fall victim to stray bullets.
© ICRC // © COSMOS / Catalina Martin-Chico
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Pakistan, 12 April 2010. An ambulance is set ablaze by angry protesters in Abbottabad, located in the North West Frontier Province.
© ICRC // © Reuters / Abrar Tanoli / RTR2CQ0D
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+ Health care in danger: a sixteen-country study
This study is based on an analysis of reports collected over a two and-a-half year period describing 655 violent incidents affecting health care in 16 countries where the ICRC is operational.
You will find the report in the "Links" section
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