International Committee of the Red Cross (MKCK (ICRC))

Comité international de la Croix-Rouge / International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law. In May 2026 it upgraded the Rafah field hospital, run with 16 National Societies, from 60 to 72 beds.

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Headquarters

Switzerland

Sectors

health
protection
water and sanitation

Works on

Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan South and Central Asia
Gaza Strip and West Bank Middle East
Civil war in Myanmar Southeast Asia
Conflict in the central Sahel Central Sahel
Armed conflict and displacement in Colombia South America
Conflicts in northern Ethiopia Horn of Africa
Crisis in Venezuela and migration South America
Earthquakes in northern Venezuela South America, Caribbean
US and Israeli war with Iran Middle East
Humanitarian crisis in Iraq amid the regional war Middle East
Armed violence and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic Central Africa
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Southeast Africa
Earthquake in western Colombia South America
Sudanese refugees in Egypt North Africa

Field centres (17)

hospital (Palestine) Palestine
ICRC delegation in Colombia (Bogota) Colombia
ICRC office in Choco (Quibdo) Colombia
ICRC regional delegation in Caracas Venezuela
ICRC Delegation in Kabul Afghanistan
ICRC Delegation in Yangon Myanmar
ICRC-supported CBCA Ndosho Hospital in Goma Dem. Rep. Congo
ICRC-supported Uvira General Referral Hospital (South Kivu) Dem. Rep. Congo
ICRC-supported Mopti regional hospital Mali
ICRC-supported military hospital in Gao Mali
ICRC office in Mekelle (Tigray) Ethiopia
ICRC office in Bahir Dar (Amhara) Ethiopia
ICRC office in Mocímboa da Praia (Cabo Delgado) Mozambique
ICRC support to the hospital and displaced people in Zemio (Haut-Mbomou) Central African Rep.
ICRC Delegation in Iran (Tehran) Iran
ICRC Delegation in Iraq (Baghdad) Iraq
ICRC Delegation in Egypt (Cairo) Egypt

Sources

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