International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 21 December 2001
Rohan Kay in Chiang Mai, Thailand
At the close of the 5th International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Chiang Mai, Thailand yesterday, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called on all participants in the Conference to scale up their work in HIV/AIDS and in particular to fight
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 19 December 2001
Rohan Kay in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Positive Lives, an international project that photographs and documents the social and emotional impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic unveiled its works during the Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS, in Chang Mai, Thailand , thanks to support provided by the In
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 17 December 2001
Rohan Kay in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Eighty-five National Societies from countries spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas are gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand , for the 5th International Conference on Home and Community Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS, mid December. This biennial conference focuses on the care and support nee
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 4 December 2001
Tope Akinwande and Joe Lowry
The Red Cross and Red Crescent in West Africa laid out their anti-AIDS agenda in no uncertain terms on World AIDS Day, with youth and other volunteers participating in parades, debates and events from Cape Verde to Nigeria . This upscaling of activities has come in the nick of time - with a prevalence rate between 10%
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 3 December 2001
Sushila Kukathas in Bangkok
From China s northern city of Fujian to the islands of Fiji , from the steppes of Mongolia to the shores of Macau , hundreds of thousands of people gathered at Red Cross Red Crescent locations to remember friends, colleagues and loved on
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 30 November 2001
Ingrid Udden in Budapest
The enduring disaster in sub-Saharan Africa looms large over another World AIDS Day. Statistics of European victims pale in comparison. But statistics can be misleading. On this December 1, there is need to consider a disturbing fact: HIV is spreading faster than ever in Central Europe and the virus knows no borders. A
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 29 November 2001
The world s largest humanitarian network today said that in Africa alone at least five million grandparents have gone back to being parents as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic which has seen 12 million children losing one or both parents. The psychological strain of caring for terminally ill children and coping with t
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 8 November 2001
Even her own death just weeks ago, did not prevent 40 year-old Red Cross volunteer, Masambo Mundega, from addressing an emotion-charged session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. On video, she summed up her life and struggle as a pioneer on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS since she joined the Zimbabwean Red Cro
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 30 November 2001
The International Federation has identified the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS as a leading priority. With some 40 million people around the world now living with the virus, according to new UNAIDS figures published this week, its 178 member Red Cross and Crescent Societies plan to mobilize their 100 million memb
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 8 October 2001
Caroline Hurford in Nairobi, Kenya
Ann Ombwayo, 35, spoke about her bad health in a shaky voice. She wanted to explain to the presidents of the International Federation and ICRC, sitting in her one-room adobe house, what it is like to live with HIV. After losing her husband seven years ago, she was inherited, according to Luo custom, by a man who later
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 10 September 2001
September 9 should from now on be remembered as a turning point for the Red Cross/Red Crescent in the fight against HIV and AIDS , suggested Federation president Dr Astrid N.Heiberg at the close of the International Women s Workshop on HIV/AIDS in Oslo. Female leaders and young women volunteers and professionals from
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 7 September 2001
We have to adapt our approach better to women s needs and women s situations, to be more successfull in the battle against HIV and AIDS , says Federation president Dr. Astrid Noklebye Heiberg. Women from 60 Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies will meet in Oslo today for two days of discussions on Red Cross activities
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 4 July 2001
John Sparrow in Bucharest
Poverty and worsening social conditions, natural disasters and deteriorating public health present the Romanian Red Cross with the greatest challenges in its history, it was said in Bucharest today. The National Society - one of the oldest within the International Federation - celebrated the 125th anniversary of its fo
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 20 July 2001
As many as 700 people die every day in Kenya from AIDS. The daily newspapers carry several pages of obituaries. Many of the deceased have died following a long illness , a euphemism for AIDS. This week Paul Tito Omukuba s death notice appeared in The Nation newspaper with the Aids ribbon attached - the first-ever such
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 14 June 2001
Caroline Hurford in Mombasa
Food security concerns, life-threatening primary health problems and HIV/AIDS across East Africa were some of the main items on the agenda of a regional Red Cross/Red Crescent Partnership Meeting held in Mombasa, Kenya , last week. Representatives from 14 African National Societies were joined by global counterparts an
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 3 April 2001
Caroline Hurford in Nairobi
Ever since the 1980s, when HIV/AIDS started taking a heavy toll among Ugandans, the country s Red Cross Society has been trying various ways of fighting the deadly virus. With blood donor recruitment as a core activity (first established in 1954) it was logical to build on the existing partnership with the Ministry of
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 2 April 2001
V. Dongozi in Harare
The Zimbabwe Red Cross has established Home Based Care projects throughout the country. The National Society trains volunteers on home caring, in particular the care for HIV/AIDS patients. Currently 500 volunteers countrywide are making home visits caring for more than 5,000 HIV/AIDS patients. Soldier of the natio
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 26 March 2001
M.F Borel in Cape Town, South Africa
When you see young men and women wasting away to their death, leaving behind traumatized children and desperate grandparents, you know something must be done now. A whole generation is about to disappear. This is why we must join our efforts to those of other partners and greatly expand our programmes to help people l
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies - 23 March 2001
Marie-Francoise Borel, in Zvimba
Lying on a simple straw mat on the floor of her house, her wizened body protected by a blanket, 25-year-old Maidei is dying. When she lost her husband in 1999, and fell sick that same year, she was rejected by her in-laws, and came to live with her parents, in Zvimba, near Chihoyi, some 100 kilometres north west of Har
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