Reference :
V-P-IQ-E-01499
Date :
14/08/2014
Caption :
Najaf, Kufa. An ICRC health delegate examining a child from a displaced family.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, article of 30.10.2014, abstracts:
"Iraq: ICRC scales up activities to help over 1.5 million people
As armed conflict expands in Iraq, the ICRC is stepping up its humanitarian work. It has brought food and other aid to more than 1.5 million people since January. (...)
Crossing front lines to provide health care
The conflict has had a serious effect on health-care facilities in many cities and towns. A number of the facilities have come under attack and suffer from shortages of medicines and supplies. In many cases the absence of medical staff owing to the lack of security has led to disruption in services for the injured and the sick.
"Health-care facilities and staff must be protected from attack," said Mr Youssef. "They must be allowed to function. Everyone without exception must always have access to health care, whatever the circumstances."
The ICRC, which works in a strictly neutral and impartial manner and seeks dialogue with all parties to the conflict, including government authorities, community, tribal and religious leaders and other groups, has succeeded in delivering medicines, surgical instruments, bandages, intravenous fluids and other items to 66 health-care facilities in 10 cities: Mosul, Erbil, Dohuk, Hamdaniyah, Sinjar, Fallujah, Hawijah, Tooz, Najaf and Basrah. The supplies are sufficient to cover the needs of over 170,000 people. Additionally, the ICRC physical rehabilitation centre in Erbil and eight other ICRC-supported centres together serve over 23,000 people with disabilities." (...)
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3840x2160
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
