International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 25 June 2009
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - the world s largest humanitarian and development network - is launching an historic, long-term and cross-border initiative to support hundreds of thousands of chronically vulnerable people living along the Zambezi river basin in seven countri
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 24 June 2009
Rosemarie North
Youth are the drivers of change in the world, the lively opening ceremony of the third Red Cross Red Crescent world youth meeting was told in Solferino in Italy . Razia Essack-Kauaria, the Director of Governance Support and Global Monitoring at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 June 2009
Mat Morgan, American Red Cross
At Youth on the Move, representatives from 149 countries converge at the birthplace of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to mark 150-year anniversary of the idea. 23 June 2009, Solferino, Italy - Aubin Dupree thought his best days were behind him at the American Red Cross. Serving as a leader at his
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 22 June 2009
From 23 June to 3 July, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement marks the 150-year anniversary of the Battle of Solferino - the birthplace of the Red Cross Red Crescent - with a series of events 22 JUNE 2009 - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND More than 150 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies from around the world are
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 15 May 2009
Sultan Ahmed, HIV delegate in China
When I found out that I was HIV positive, I wanted to commit suicide. I did not have any desire to live. I couldn t sleep, I couldn t eat. I was physically so weak that I could not walk properly. I couldn t share my feelings with anyone because of fear of being stigmatized, says Long*, a forty-five year old migrant wo
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 March 2009
Dominique Praplan, head of the IFRC health and care department
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a high cause of mortality throughout the world. In 2006, some 1.7 million people lost their lives due to TB. Among them, 200,000 were also living with HIV. They are suffering what is commonly called co-infection . Eastern Europe, Central Asia and - more recently - southern Africa are often con
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 March 2009
Amanda George, British Red Cross, in Kazakhstan
Rosa, a former client of the Kazakhstan Red Crescent, contracted HIV through drug use and later caught tuberculosis (TB) in prison following a drug-related conviction. Today, the 48-year-old woman is the team coordinator for the Kazakh Red Crescent TB/HIV co-infection project in the country s biggest city, Almaty.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - March 9, 2009
Address by Ibrahim Osman, Deputy Secretary General, at the IFRC on the occasion of International Women's Day, in Geneva
Thank you all very much for coming together here to celebrate with us the International Women s Day (IWD). It is an occasion for stopping and reflecting -- what are the key challenges women worldwide are facing today? This year, the theme chosen for IWD is unite to end violence against women . As this topic makes clear
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - January 19, 2009
Moustapha Diallo, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Dakar
World AIDS Day is traditionally celebrated on 1 December, but in some remote villages in Gambia , time seems to have stopped on this date indefinitely. Every day is 1 December for us, remarks Isatou Khulibally, a Gambia Red Cross Society volunteer. We take advantage of any occasion to talk about HIV/AIDS and its conseq
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