Episode #117 Climate: The invisible front line in conflict zones November 11, 2021, ICRC Operations World leaders have converged on the Scottish city of Glasgow for COP26—the United Nations climate change conference. The stakes could not be higher. ...
Episode #110 Changing Behaviors and Engaging Communities in the Time of COVID and Disinformation September 30, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID COVID has turned our world upside down and amplified challenges on a global scale. Issues like the spread of disinformation and the role ...
Episode #107 The Unknown Fate of the Missing August 25, 2020, ICRC Operations During armed conflicts, other situations of violence, natural disasters, or migration, countless people go missing, causing great anguish for their families and loved ...
Episode #106 World Humanitarian Day with PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Albright August 19, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy To mark World Humanitarian Day, in this episode podcast we have Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and ...
Episode #105 Grief in a time of COVID: Dealing with Loss with the American Red Cross’s Dr. Valerie Cole August 4, 2020, Red Cross Movement / The Impact of COVID More than 700,000 people have died from COVID worldwide—and that number goes up every day. Accompanying these deaths is grief, but the normal ...
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 #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 ...
