‘Virtual Communities’ of Social Media could be Lifelines in Crisis Response – Twitter’s Mahima Kaul 03/02/2016, Global / Health & Safety / Videos In times of an emergency or crisis situation, social media offers some of the fastest and most effective tools for getting critical life-saving ...
There is Need for a Genuine & Sustained Effort to End Suffering in Syria — Marianne Gasser 02/02/2016, Civilians / Global / Health & Safety / Operations The five-year old armed conflict in Syria has claimed 250,000 lives and caused 13 million ...
Syria: Key Operation Begins to Bring Aid to People in Besieged Areas 12/01/2016, Civilians / Global / Health & Safety Damascus / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the United ...
Strengthening Basic Life Support Skills of Health Professionals and First Responders 06/01/2016, About Us / Health & Safety / India There are days when patients who need emergency care cannot make it to the hospital in time. This could be either because the ...
Syrians Locate Safe Water Sources on Digital Map Created by Red Cross 28/12/2015, About Us / Global / Health & Safety / Operations The intensification of fighting in the city of Aleppo, in Syria, this year meant further ...
Tamil Nadu Floods: Indian Red Cross Deploying Water – Sanitation Units 07/12/2015, Health & Safety / India The Indian Red Cross Society is scaling up relief efforts after floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu that have affected over ...
