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Red Cross and Red Crescent mobilization to tackle global road safety crisisRed Cross and Red Crescent mobilization to tackle global road safety crisis
More than a thousand high-level representatives from nearly 140 countries attended the first-ever governmental-level ministerial meeting on the subject of road safety. The IFRC took an active part in the world forum and presented its recent advocacy document, entitled: Road Safety - Call for Action.
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Cape Verde: Dengue fever Cape Verde: Dengue fever
Supported by the Red Cross, the island nation of Cape Verde is fighting a serious outbreak of dengue fever. On the main islan of Santiago nearly 15,000 people have fallen sick.
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Asia Pacific: A week unlike any otherAlbinos under Burundi police protection welcome Napoleon (age 1 week)
One month ago, during a single week in late September, the Asia Pacific region was rocked by four emergencies that disrupted the lives of nearly nine million people across the Philippines, Viet Nam, Samoa and Indonesia.
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  Pakistan Red Crescent responds as escalating violence hits major cities
  Peru: the heat of life
  Asia Pacific: A week unlike any other
  Papua New Guinea: Happy hand-washing birthday
  Indonesia: Reuniting shattered families
  Sri Lanka: Learning from disasters
  New IFRC community-based health and first aid tools: using the “learning by doing” approach
  Indonesia: Yuhendri’s story
 
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PRESS RELEASES
  25 November 2009
Red Cross Red Crescent issues universal call to action to tackle today's humanitarian challenges
  23 November 2009
Inequalities fuelling HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, says IFRC report
  23 November 2009
Red Cross and Red Crescent honours remarkable humanitarians
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Two years after Cyclone Sidr: close to 250,000 families have their lives backBangladesh: Two years after Cyclone Sidr
Inspiring stories of recovery from Bangladesh.
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OPINION PIECES
Climate change: Joint IFRC/OCHA Opinion Piece
The increasing threat to life and livelihood posed by climate change is already palpable and the need for effective action agreed in Copenhagen is increasingly urgent.
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SPEECHES
Operational activities: involving youth and communities
 Statement by Kiflemariam Amdemariam, Senior IFRC Food Security officer, in the Operational Activities Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, in Geneva.
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