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11 May 2013

Influenza: Are we ready for a severe pandemic?

If the H7N9 virus develops, the capacity for easy, human-to-human transmission – or another emerges with this feature, would we be ready?
Transforming livelihoods five years after the Sichuan quake
11 May 2013

Transforming livelihoods five years after the Sichuan quake

Work continues today to provide vocational training and micro loans that are helping transform people’s lives.
Specialist teams helping survivors in Sichuan following earthquake
3 May 2013

Specialist teams helping survivors in Sichuan following earthquake

Red Cross Society of China specialist teams are now helping thousands of survivors of the earthquake in Sichuan’s Ya’an district, which left nearly 200 dead and many ...
A mix of optimism and anxiety after Sichuan earthquake
24 April 2013

A mix of optimism and anxiety after Sichuan earthquake

Almost 200 people died after the earthquake in Sichuan, but the Red Cross was on the scene immediately to provide shelter and psychosocial support to those affected.
Volunteers undertake search and rescue in Sichuan after earthquake
20 April 2013

Volunteers undertake search and rescue in Sichuan after earthquake

Red Cross Society of China emergency teams have launched a major operation to help survivors of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in an area of southwestern China’s Sichuan ...
Hong Kong Red Cross provides emotional support to ferry disaster survivors
4 October 2012

Hong Kong Red Cross provides emotional support to ferry disaster survivors

As Hong Kong mourns the 38 who died in a collision between two ships off one of the territory's islands, in which more than 100 people were also injured, Hong Kong Red...
China Red Cross rushes help to remote quake hit area
10 September 2012

China Red Cross rushes help to remote quake hit area

By Francis Markus in Beijing Red Cross Society of China emergency teams are battling to bring help to survivors of a series of earthquakes that have struck a remote an...
Beijing Red Cross rescue teams move in to help flood survivors
23 July 2012

Beijing Red Cross rescue teams move in to help flood survivors

By Francis Markus in Beijing Beijing Red Cross teams were continuing to offer support and comfort to shocked survivors and search for those possibly still trapped afte...
EU’s top humanitarian official stresses cooperation and learning with National Society
4 July 2012

EU’s top humanitarian official stresses cooperation and learning with National Society

By Nicolle LaFleur in Beijing Kristalina Georgieva, the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian  Aid and Civil Response, recently visited the...
Helping the most vulnerable in Sichuan build a sustainable livelihood
3 July 2012

Helping the most vulnerable in Sichuan build a sustainable livelihood

By He Lei in Sichuan Living in a tiny dark cabin, sleeping on a wooden bed beside his most important assets, seven cows - that’s been 58-year old Wang Zhengping’s dail...
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