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Susan Mercado Dr. Susan Mercado is strategic adviser at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. She is a former Philippines Undersecretary of Health. We are on the verge of wiping out polio again in the Philippines, a batt …
By Olivia Acosta. Gina Mejia is 27 years old, an architect by profession, and has been a volunteer with the Mexican Red Cross for three years in Mexico City, the country’s capital, a city with a population of nearly nine million. According to Gina, she …
By Fernando Gandarillas. In Mexico, Red Cross paramedics are used to dealing with cases of violence. However, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers are increasingly faced with personal attacks. “Sometimes we’ve had to treat peopl …
Despite the complications generated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Argentine Red Cross keeps its sustained work in the with communities in the Province of Salta.
Yeltza is a nurse by profession, but due to the care that her little girl needs, she cannot dedicate herself to that; therefore, she generates income doing what in Venezuela was a hobby for her.
