Episode #104 Lessons from Ebola: COVID, Conflict & the Democratic Republic of Congo July 28, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID This year marks the 60th birthday of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For the last 25+ years, the country has been embroiled ...
Episode #103 Covid-19, Displacement & Armed Conflict: Adapting to a Compounded Crisis July 22, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy / The Impact of COVID In conflict and post-conflict contexts, access to assistance and protection is constantly contested, particularly for vulnerable populations such as the internally displaced. With ...
Episode #102 Conflict Dynamics, Climate Change and Diplomacy in Mali July 14, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy Mali sits in the middle of West Africa, with most of the country situated within in the Sahel desert. It is a key ...
Episode #101 Fragility, Conflict & Violence: A Conversation with the World Bank’s Franck Bousquet June 23, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy By 2030, it is estimated that up to two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor will live in countries characterized by fragility, conflict, and ...
Episode #100 Serving on the Surgical Frontlines of Syria June 16, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID To say that COVID19 has had global reaching impacts is an understatement. But for those living in Syria, the pandemic reaches the country ...
Episode #99 Conflict, COVID & Infrastructure: The Impact on Water June 2, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID Each year, armed conflict disrupts millions of lives. It also disrupts the infrastructure that makes daily life possible, such as damage to water ...
Episode #98 Nurses on the Frontlines with Linda MacIntyre and Jaime Burgoyne May 12, 2020, Red Cross Movement / The Impact of COVID International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. In non-global epidemic times, nurses and ...
Episode #97 Convalescent Plasma and COVID19: Patients helping Patients with the American Red Cross May 5, 2020, Red Cross Movement / The Impact of COVID More than 175,000 people in the United States have recovered from COVID19. Once a person recovers, his or her blood contains antibodies in ...
Episode #96 Difficult to Contain: The Impact of COVID on Detention Centers April 21, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID The Coronavirus is having an impact on absolutely every element of our lives. For people living in war-zones, the virus is just one ...
Episode #95 The Chronic Fragility of Lake Chad with Patrick Youssef March 24, 2020, ICRC Operations In this episode of Intercross the Podcast, we discuss Lake Chad. Situated in north-west Africa, what is known as the Lake Chad region ...