International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 1 December 2009
The spread of HIV infections can only be reduced through concerted actions at the community level with active involvement of the affected people , said Mr Tadateru Konoe, newly-elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), on the occasion of World Aids Day. Changing
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
The HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean is fuelled by a range of social and economic inequalities exacerbated by high levels of stigma, discrimination of highly vulnerable groups, and persistent gender inequality and homophobia, says a new report [please see: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/pubs/health/177100-HIV_
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage, IFRC in Panama City
The Masambo Fund was created by the IFRC to provide access to life-saving drugs - including anti retroviral treatment – to Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers who are living with HIV. Because the Red Cross Red Crescent operates in every part of the world, the level of health coverage varies from one country
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage, IFRC in Cali, Colombia
Weekends are not all about relaxing and going out with friends for Marilyn. The 17-year-old Calita (the way inhabitants from Colombia s third largest city Cali are commonly called) puts on her Colombian Red Cross uniform and becomes the regional HIV project coordinator, spending several hours working on HIV programmes
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Gennike Mayers, IFRC
When the first case of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica was diagnosed in 1982, the Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) was invited by the Ministry of Health to take part in what would become the National AIDS Committee. As founding members of that committee, the JRC provided assistance to the increasing number of individuals diagnosed with HIV
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage, IFRC in Silvia, southern Colombia
Working with minorities is a key component of the HIV policy implemented all over the world by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). A good example is to be found in southern Colombia , where Colombian Red Cross is providing support to the Guambiano native community, making the lo
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage, IFRC in Popayan, Colombia
Popayan is a lovely city in southern Colombia that has managed to preserve its Spanish colonial style monuments. It is known as the white city because all of the houses in the city centre are painted white. However, despite its dynamism and cultural heritage, Popayan is located in an area affected for many years by the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage, IFRC, in Cali, Colombia
Her name is Lina-Marcela. The 16-year-old smiling resident of the orphanage for children living with HIV run by the Fundamor Foundation in the outskirts of Cali cannot remember when she started living there, as she was just a baby when her parents died of AIDS. Baby Valerie Sofia, the youngest resident who has just tur
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 23 November 2009
Jean-Luc Martinage in Cali, Colombia
Her name is Pamela. She is one of the dozens of transgenders selling their bodies in what the locals call Calle del Pecado (The street of the sin ) near the historical centre of Cali, Colombia s third largest city. We meet Pamela at a snackbar near the place she lives. Housing is one of the first problems transgenders
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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