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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 December)– “We cannot stop a storm but vulnerability is something we can address.” This was the key message of Dr. Gemma Teresa Narisma, head of the Regional Climate Systems Program of the Manila Observatory, to…

Thirty prison managers and medical personnel have just completed a three-day seminar on health care in places of detention organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in close cooperation with the Prisons Department of…

Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University are jointly organizing three emergency-room trauma courses this year, the first of which will take place in Dhulikhel,…

US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The president made the plea on a visit to the National Institutes of Health, where he…

Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the International Committee of the Red Cross/ Red Crescent (ICRC) signed an agreement today that formalizes the relations the ICRC has had with Morocco since the country gained independence.…

Kenema, Sierra Leone October 2014. The International Federation opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, in September. It has a capacity of 60 beds and currently has approximately 120 national and 20 international staff. More…

Freetown, 15 September 2014 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, one of the districts worst affected by the deadly outbreak. “This…

Sometimes getting there is half the battle. In reality the journey is more like one per cent of the battle, but when flights stand between you and your mission, it can feel like the biggest battle of all. I'm five flights into a seven-leg…

(source IRIN NEWS) - Libya’s deteriorating security situation has led to an exodus of aid workers and suspension of development programmes, leaving tens of thousands of displaced and vulnerable people relying on skeleton networks manned in…

Earlier this year, volunteers working with Ukrainian Red Cross Society faced risk in the service of those in need. In February 2014 and throughout the following months, Red Cross volunteers responded to violence during protests at Maidan…