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 ...
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 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.
Every year, 60 million women give birth at home with no access to skilled care. More than 500,000 women die from complications in pregnancy and childbirth, 4 million...
The rapid spread and use of mobile technology throughout the world offers program managers and researchers new and exciting means of data collection. The time and...
Drug use is a public health issue with an impact on development and security. One of the top 20 risk factors to health globally, it is closely associated with HIV,...
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 ...
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 ...
Psychosocial support is an integral part of the IFRC’s emergency response. It helps individuals and communities to heal psychological wounds and rebuild social ...
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 ...
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.