The prize, now in its first year, is dedicated to photojournalists that convey "how difficult it can be for medical personnel to reach victims of armed conflict and other violence, and, more generally, covers medical services working in wartime."

Catalina Martin-Chico won the prize for her report entitled The Yemeni Revolution. She will receive a €8000 grant at this year's Visa Pour l'Image photojournalism festival, where her images will be displayed.

"Over and beyond its aesthetic qualities and emotional force, the work of Catalina Martin-Choco depicts, as required by the prize regulations, human suffering and the professionalism and courage of emergency personnel," says Jean-Christophe Rufin, the Committee's chairman.

Martin-Chico's work was selected by five media organisations - The New York Times, Paris Match, Le Figaro Magazine, Géo, and La Croix - as well as the Snofi Espoir Foundation and the ICRC. She is a member of the Paris-based Cosmos Agency.

After graduating from the International Center of Photography in New York, Marin-Chico has been focussing most of her work on Yemen.

For more information, visit catamartinchico.com.