Health Care in Danger (HCiD) is an ICRC-led project of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement scheduled to run from 2012 to 2015. It aimed at improving the efficiency and delivery of effective and impartial health care in armed conflict and other emergencies.

Within the framework of the project, medical ethics constitute a major area of cooperation between the ICRC and the WMA. This was formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding signed on the 26^th of June 2013. With this agreement, the WMA aims to contribute to the development of the project, especially by addressing the responsibility of health-care personnel in armed conflicts and other emergencies. Download the MoU

A series of expert consultations took place, each designed to come up with practical recommendations to enhance the protection of health-care providers and beneficiaries in armed conflicts and other emergencies. The WMA participated in some of the consultations related to the role and responsibilities of health care personnel, in particular the London workshop on the security and delivery of effective and impartial health care in armed conflict and other situations of violence (April 2012) and the Cairo workshop on the security of Emergency Health Care in the Field (December 2012).

In May 2013, the ICRC set up a Health Care in Danger Network, a web-based interactive platform that gathers organisations and individuals working to improve safe access to health-care in armed conflict and other emergencies. The Network allows members to access and contribute to a resource centre dedicated to the issue documents and tools. Members can also exchange practical experience, share a community calendar and follow on recommendations developed during the Health Care in Danger workshops. 

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