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Honduras: Facilitating health care in detention
15-03-2016
Honduras"s National Penitentiary Institute (INP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today inaugurated a medical clinic in Gracias prison in the region of Lempira. The prison"s 500 inmates will now enjoy decent basic medical and dental care.
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Colombia: Insidious violence on the rise in 2015
10-03-2016
Although the fighting is abating between government forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People"s Army (FARC-EP), the ICRC is continuing to register the same levels of violence in the country as in previous years.
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Colombia: The ICRC clarifies its role in the transport of FARC-EP negotiators
20-02-2016
On Thursday, 18 February 2016, at the request of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People"s Army (FARC-EP), and with the involvement of the mediator nations, Cuba and Norway, the ICRC transported a group of FARC-EP representatives from Cuba to a rural area...
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Yemen: Desperately needed medical supplies reach Taiz
13-02-2016
Sana'a/Geneva - A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has managed to enter the city of Taiz, one of the worst-affected places in Yemen's fighting, and deliver life-saving medical supplies.
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ICRC calls for immediate and simultaneous lifting of all sieges across Syria
13-01-2016
The ICRC says that, as a matter of urgency, and because of overwhelming humanitarian needs, all sieges being carried out across Syria must be ended. The appeal comes after access was granted earlier this week to three towns in the country which have been under siege for months.
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Jamaica: Youth project aims to reduce impact of violence
20-11-2015
Caracas / Kingston (ICRC) - The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are working together to provide local youth with solutions to mitigate the consequences of violence.
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Syria: Surgeons share knowledge of treating weapon-wounded
19-11-2015
A three-day seminar on surgical techniques for treating weapon-wounded patients, attended by 45 surgeons, ended today in Damascus.
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Pakistan: Launch of report on violence against health care in Karachi
16-11-2015
A research report on violence against health care in Karachi was launched today by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the APPNA Institute of Public Health of Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University.
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Yemen: Attacks on health care facilities must stop
10-11-2015
The ICRC is appalled by the continuing attacks on health care facilities in Yemen, the latest of which took place in the city of Taiz.
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Burundi: Concerned at escalating violence, ICRC calls for restraint
09-11-2015
Bujumbura / Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is extremely concerned by the humanitarian consequences of the violence in Burundi. It calls on all parties to exercise restraint, safeguard the civilian population and allow everyone wishing to leave the affected areas to do so.
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