ICRC: New e-learning module for health-care professionals in armed conflict and other emergencies
30 October 2014
A new e-learning module, specifically designed to help health-care personnel understand the effects of violence on health care, their own rights and responsibilities and ethical dilemmas they may face in armed conflicts and other emergencies, was announced by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
“Health Care in Danger” is an ICRC-led project “aimed at improving the efficiency and delivery of impartial health care in armed conflict and other emergencies.” The International Council of Nurses, the World Medical Association, the International Pharmaceutical Federation, and the International Committee on Military Medicine have joined the project to contribute their expertise and to promote its aims among their members.
The module is intended for all professionals involved in the delivery of health care, whether civilian or military, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, drivers and hospital administrators.
In addition to producing a number of written and audiovisual documents on the issue of violence against patients and health-care workers, the ICRC is working with the partners to elaborate the ethical principles that must serve as a guide for health-care personnel in conflict situations….
Visit the e-learning module: www.healthcareindanger.org/elearning