Health and care activities in the IFRC include first aid and emergency response as well as epidemic control, programmes in health promotion and prevention, addressing stigma, providing psychosocial care and enabling community empowerment.
We have seen major gains towards better global health over the last decade. Around the world, hundreds of thousands of Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers work in their com ...
Over 1.1 billion people in the world today don’t have access to clean water and more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation. The IFRC works to mee ...
To highlight some of our successes and to share with you snap-shots of our activities, the IFRC Global Health Team has launched a health number of the week.
The safety and integrity of a nation’s blood supply is fundamental to the security of its health system. The IFRC supports the establishment of safe and sustainable blood ...
The IFRC is one of the world’s leading first aid providers. First aid is a humanitarian act that should be accessible to all. With first aid skills volunteers and communi ...
Psychosocial support is an integral part of the IFRC’s emergency response. It helps individuals and communities to heal psychological wounds and rebuild social structures ...
Community-based health and first aid trains and mobilizes volunteers to carry out activities in their community.
Information about HIV/AIDS, malaria, measles, polio and pandemic influenza.
The lives and health of millions of people are affected by emergencies every year. The IFRC works to reduce illness and death and improve health and maintain human dignit ...
Road accidents kill more than 1.3 million people, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries worldwide every year.
The following publications are available to support the promotion of the Red Cross Red Crescent Health programmes.