Author: Laura Ngo-Fontaine

World Humanitarian Day: Interview with IFRC Secretary General

19 Aug 2020 |

This year marks the eleventh celebration of World Humanitarian Day On WHD, we honor all aid and...

Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

26 Jun 2020 |

Geneva/Washington DC – The world has been planning for the future in the mistaken belief that it...

In This Together

26 Apr 2020 |

Geneva/Kathmandu–The five-year anniversary of the devastating earthquakes of 2015 is an...

How a Local Response Can Halt This Global Crisis

3 Apr 2020 |

Geneva–Borders are closed. International travel is restricted or forbidden. And the clock is...

World Economic Forum: Pandemic preparedness in a divided world

30 Jan 2018 |

The IFRC highlighted the urgent need for pandemic preparedness, and especially the way it needs to be reinforced at the local level, at the 18th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 23-26 January 2018.

About the IFRC

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian network and is guided by seven Fundamental Principles: Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, universality and unity.

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