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Qatar: ICRC president discusses increased cooperation
Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, has just completed a two-day visit to Qatar. Read More | View Original Article
With a rising refugee population, a camp at risk of disease
DOMIZ, Iraq, 22 May 2013 – The Domiz refugee camp, which sits about 60 kilometres from the Syrian border amidst an imposing mountain landscape, was originally built to accommodate 22,000 people. Today it is home to around 40,000 Syrian refugees. Read More | View Original Article
Soluciones locales para una crisis alimentaria regional
DORI, Burkina Faso, 16 de mayo de 2013 - Después de 35 días en el hospital de Dori, 15 de ellos en estado de coma, Mariama, de 2 años, pesa ahora 6,5 kilogramos y está en el camino de la recuperación. Cuando llegó, pesaba sólo 5 kilos y sufría de desnutrición grave con complicaciones. Read More | View Original Article
Niger: Emergency aid for 2,400 people fleeing violence in Nigeria
Several hundred families fleeing violence in northern Nigeria and taking refuge in the Diffa area of south-eastern Niger are being provided with emergency supplies and food aid by the ICRC and the Red Cross Society of Niger. Read More | View Original Article
Medical care in the line of fire
In this joint op-ed originally published by Al Jazeera, the president of MSF international, Dr Unni Karunakara and ICRC president Peter Maurer expose the scale of threats to health care, the consequences and what the organizations are doing to bring about real change on the ground. Read More | View Original Article
Workshop: Code of conduct and humanitarian principles
Where: London When: 1-2 June 2013 Contact: Naima Korane In partnership with the Muslim Charities Forum, the International Council of Voluntary Agencies and Islamic Relief, the ICRC is inviting registrations for a weekend workshop on the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, humanitarian principles and human development in Islam. This workshop is aimed at people working in the fields of humanitarian aid and development. Read More | View Original Article
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement condemns the killing of Abdo Darwish, a driver with the Al-Hassakeh branch of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent who was shot dead on his way to work on 14 May. Read More | View Original Article
UNICEF lanza un innovador conjunto de herramientas contra el cólera
NUEVA YORK, Estados Unidos, 15 de mayo de 2013 â€" Como parte de su esfuerzo por reducir el cólera en el mundo, UNICEF ha respondido a la creciente amenaza de esta enfermedad con el lanzamiento de un conjunto de herramientas de UNICEF contra el cólera, que ayudará al personal de la organización y a los aliados a adoptar precauciones y prepararse ante la enfermedad, y a responder a ella. Read More | View Original Article
“¡Fíjate en la capacidad!†para jóvenes cineastas en Viet Nam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Viet Nam, 14 May 2013 â€" En medio del ajetreo y el bullicio del tráfico de la ciudad, un joven coloca un gran cartel en una pared vacía al lado de un restaurante. Mientras moja el cepillo en la cola de pegar con su mano buena, algunos muchachos del lugar se burlan de él arrojándole agua desde el techo del edificio. Read More | View Original Article
Japan: ICRC president meets Japanese emperor and prime minister
Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, today concludes a two-day official visit to Japan, during which he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera and Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaji Matsuyama. Mr Maurer also met their majesties the emperor and empress at the Imperial Palace. Read More | View Original Article
Tackling malnutrition in Uganda with homegrown solutions
KICUZI, Uganda, 17 May 2013 – Peter, Erik and Dalton Butetera are huddled in a corner of their hut while health worker Beatrice Asaba prepares millet porridge at their home in Ibanda District in southwestern Uganda. Despite their different ages – Peter is 4, Erik 3, and Dalton only 2 years old – the brothers are nearly the same size. All three children are malnourished, and their physical similarity is the result of stunting. Read More | View Original Article
Finding local solutions in a regional food crisis
DORI, Burkina Faso, 17 May 2013 - After 35 days at Dori Hospital, 15 of them in a coma, 2-year-old Mariama now weighs 6.5 kilograms and is on the road to recovery. When she arrived, she weighed just five kilograms and was suffering from severe malnutrition with complications. Over the last two years, this referral hospital in the hot and dry north of Burkina Faso has seen a steady flow of such cases, as a large-scale nutrition crisis across nine countries of the Sahel region has left more than a million children at risk for or suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Read More | View Original Article
En Afganistán, alcanzando los más difíciles de alcanzar con las vacunas
KABUL, Afganistán, 7 de mayo de 2013 â€" Ha sido otro viaje de regreso doloroso del hospital infantil para Akram, de 4 años, un viaje que el joven ha hecho varias veces en las últimas dos semanas con su madre, Zarghona. Akram fue diagnosticado con sarampión y debido a la enfermedad está débil y cansado, tiene fiebre alta y poco apetito. Read More | View Original Article
Regreso a la escuela después del tifón Bopha
NEW BATAAN, Filipinas, 13 de mayo de 2013 â€" Glenn Larabez está impaciente por regresar a la escuela. Este niño de ocho años cursa segundo grado en su poblado de New Bataan, en la provincia de Compostela Valley. Mientras habla de cómo el tifón destruyó el hogar de su familia y se llevó a su pájaro mascota, Alimokon, su voz se apaga como si fuera un reflejo de su delgadez. Read More | View Original Article
Niger: ICRC supports herders in Agadez and Tillabery areas
The ICRC is purchasing approximately 8,000 head of cattle from herdsmen in the Tillabery and Agadez areas (in the west and north of the country, respectively) to support communities made vulnerable by the combined effects of climate and of conflict in Mali and Libya. Read More | View Original Article
Yemen: ICRC confirms safe return of staff members
Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since the beginning of the week by armed individuals in the vicinity of Ja’ar, in Abyan governorate, are now safely back with their colleagues in Aden. Read More | View Original Article
Introducción de una nueva vacuna contra la neumonía para salvar miles de vidas de niños y niñas
IGANGA DISTRICT, Uganda, 10 de mayo de 2013 â€" La neumonía es una de las tres principales enfermedades mortales entre los niños menores de 5 años a nivel mundial. En Uganda, la neumonía mata a 24.000 niños cada año antes de cumplir los 5 años. Pero ahora será posible salvar miles de vidas de niños mediante la reciente introducción de la vacuna antineumocócica conjugada (PCV). Read More | View Original Article
Violent incidents against health-care in at least 22 countries in 2012
A new study by the ICRC reveals that at least 921 violent incidents against health-care personnel, infrastructure and wounded or sick people took place in 2012. Read More | View Original Article
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Violence rises to unprecedented levels
Violence has reached unprecedented levels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between the army and armed groups intensifies. The situation is compounded by inter-ethnic tensions and violence between armed groups in North Kivu and South Kivu. Read More | View Original Article
Violent incidents affecting health care
Over the course of 2012, the ICRC – through a variety of sources – collected information on 921 violent incidents affecting health-care during armed conflict and other emergencies in 22 countries. These incidents involved the use or threat of violence against health-care personnel, the wounded and the sick, health-care facilities and medical vehicles. This interim report analyses the main patterns of such violence that were identified. Read More | View Original Article
China: ICRC president pays official visit
Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, completed a three-day visit to China today. Read More | View Original Article
"It's about Ability!" for young filmmakers in Viet Nam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Viet Nam, 14 May 2013 – Against the hustle and bustle of city traffic, a young boy is quietly putting up a large poster on an empty wall next to a restaurant. While he brushes on the glue with his one good hand, some local boys pull a trick by pouring water on him from the roof of the building. Read More | View Original Article
Jóvenes expresan puntos de vista creativos acerca de la discapacidad para un concurso de video
NUEVA YORK, Estados Unidos, 6 de mayo de 2013 - Ezeria Chazanga nació seropositivo y sordo hace 20 años. Siempre tuvo problemas relacionados con sus compañeros debido a su estatus de VIH y a su discapacidad. Pero a pesar de estas limitaciones aparentes, recientemente aprovecho la oportunidad de compartir sus capacidades a través de una película de un minuto. Read More | View Original Article
Lenny Kravitz hace un llamado para salvar a los niños de las enfermedades prevenibles
NUEVA YORK, Estados Unidos, 13 de mayo de 2013 â€" Shahadat, de 4 años,quedó paralizado por la polio cuando tenía sólo 2. Llegó de repente, paralizando todo su cuerpo. Shahadat puede mover su pierna izquierda, pero nunca recuperará el uso de su pierna derecha. Vive en hacinamiento cerca de la capital de India, Nueva Delhi, y se enfrenta a la vida con una discapacidad permanente. Shahadat nunca correrá a casa de la escuela, perseguirá una pelota y vivirá la vida que se merece. Read More | View Original Article
Philippines: Long road to recovery for survivors of Typhoon Bopha
More than four months have passed since Eastern Mindanao was hit by a typhoon that destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. This is an update on what the ICRC is doing to help them get back on their feet again. Read More | View Original Article
Mali: Water and electricity still in short supply in northern cities
In northern Mali, which has been experiencing armed conflict for nearly 16 months, hard-hit communities need better access to water. Since April 2012 the ICRC has been providing fuel to produce the electricity required to distribute much of the drinking water in three major cities. Read More | View Original Article
Los miembros de la Junta Ejecutiva visitan Bosnia y Herzegovina
Bosnia y Herzegovina, 7 de mayo de 2013 - Una delegación de la Junta Ejecutiva de UNICEF, que incluía a funcionarios de Albania, Finlandia, Guyana, la República Islámica del Irán y Kenya, realizó recientemente una visita a Bosnia y Herzegovina. Read More | View Original Article
Las escuelas de toda Jordania ofrecen esperanza para los niños refugiados sirios
IRBID, Jordania, 2 de mayo de 2013 â€" Hanin, de 11 años, arregla con orgullo su trabajo artístico en la sala de estar. Sus dibujos de flores de colores brillantes reflejan tiempos más felices. Read More | View Original Article
Dos gotas para La Meca: La madre de una niña con poliomielitis abre las puertas a la vacunación
HAWAN DAKI, Nigeria, 8 de mayo de 2013 â€" Puede que Aisha no sea capaz de leer, pero nunca olvida un nombre, o un niño. “¿Dónde están Hassan, Hassana y los otros niños?†pregunta Aisha a la mujer de la casa desde el umbral. “Hassana está en casa, pero Hassan está fueraâ€, dice su madre. Read More | View Original Article
