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Vietnam Red Cross rallies to prevent spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
In the wake of the ongoing Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) health crisis in Vietnam, the Red Cross has mobilized hundreds of volunteers to conduct a massive public information campaign targeting carers of children under five.
28 March 2012 11:25 BST
Community health volunteers empower the young and old to help themselves
As they sit chatting on low wooden stools outside 55-year-old Cao Fengju’s village house, occasional ripples of laughter break out when a Red Cross volunteer jokes with Ms Cao and her granddaughter. “Do you know where to stick this thermometer?” she asks.
26 March 2012 11:35 BST
Families preparing for the hungry season across the Sahel
In a remote, dusty village in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, Hadjatou Diko is cradling Issa, her six-month-old son. She has just learned from a Red Cross nurse that Issa is acutely malnourished and his life depends on getting to a health centre 15km away.
19 March 2012 14:01 GMT
Sleepless nights for Malians facing severe food crisis
With more than three million people in Mali currently facing a severe food crisis, Kati Traore, chief of Sakabala village, is not the only one having sleepless nights.
19 March 2012 13:53 GMT
Even those with farms find the cupboards bare in Niger
For a farmer in a poor country, Boureima Garba who lives in Kourtéré village in Niger, is fortunate. He has plenty of land. He has gone to school and learned to read and write.
19 March 2012 13:48 GMT
An oasis of hope in the Chad desert
Death lingers in the air in northern Chad. A flock of enormous vultures feast on a donkey lying at the side of a track. Its search for food and water was futile in this harsh desert environment.
19 March 2012 13:38 GMT
Sahel: Migrating early to avoid drought and destitution
In Diakassdé, a village of agro-pastoralists located in the north of Senegal, the crops harvested last year were almost non-existent. Lack of rain has seriously affected the agricultural production and also livestock, leaving people in a difficult food situation.
19 March 2012 13:32 GMT
Solidarity and support in the shadow of acute malnutrition in Mauritania
Tibiba, a woman living in the Mberdya village, in Gorgol, southern Mauritania, works as volunteer in a health centre focused on malnutrition, run by the French Red Cross and the Mauritanian Red Crescent.
19 March 2012 13:09 GMT
The long road to recovery one year on from the earthquake and tsunami
One year after Japan’s worst recorded natural disaster, the area hit by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami is showing clear signs of recovery.
12 March 2012 09:46 GMT
Recover, rebuild, return. The challenge facing many communities one year on
Rebuilding Japan’s devastated north-eastern coastline has presented urban planners, municipal authorities and local townsfolk with a range of dilemmas around which consensus takes time.
12 March 2012 09:40 GMT
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About International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland
Founded in 1919, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, whose 183 national member societies act as auxiliaries to public authorities in the humanitarian field.
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http://donate.ifrc.org/?sfgdata=4
Expertise:
Emergencies, Health and disease
Countries of operation:
afghanistan, algeria, angola, argentina, armenia, azerbaijan, bangladesh, benin, bolivia, botswana, brazil, bulgaria, burkina-faso, burundi, cambodia, cameroon, cape-verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, costa-rica, croatia, cuba, djibouti, ecuador, egypt, mozambique
