With its expert practical advice on security in situations of armed conflict, this updated set of guidelines will prove invaluable to humanitarian personnel working at the operational level. Following on from the success of the first edition, published in 1999, it addresses new and developing threat...s such as chemical, biological and nuclear hazards and includes new chapters on, among others, first aid, staying healthy on mission and how international humanitarian law protects humanitarian workers. more

International Review of the Red Cross Volume 91 Number 874 June 2009

of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa