Press releases

Kuala Lumpur, 15 October 2019 – Preparing for a disaster is a crucial part of survival if you live in a disaster-prone area. But how do you prepare for something like an earthquake? Or what do you do when the unthinkable happens? A virtual reality eart …

Geneva 04 October 2019–The massive mental health needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies are not being addressed, warned leaders of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red …

Manila/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva 2 October 2019 –  Polio has made an alarming come-back after officially being eradicated 19 years ago in the Philippines. The Philippine Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC …

Panama/Geneva, 27 September 2019 –-As dengue spreads rapidly across Central America, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is scaling up emergency assistance to help countries contain the mosquito borne viral disea …

New York, 26 September 2019 – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today unveiled a major new initiative to combat cholera and other diarrheal diseases in 29 member countrie …

One year after earthquakes, a tsunami and liquefaction struck Sulawesi in Indonesia on 28 September 2018, an estimated 57,000 people remain homeless, the Indonesian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said today.

New York, 19 September 2019 – A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. The Cost of Doing Nothing – …

Geneva/Panama/Nassau, 18 September 2019– The President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Francesco Rocca, will be in the Bahamas on 20-21 September to meet people who have been affected by Hurricane Dorian …

New York/Geneva, 16 September 2019 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will launch a new report on the projected humanitarian cost of climate change this Thursday 19 September at UN Headquarters in New York. Th …

As many as 5.3 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are potentially at risk as Typhoon Lingling works its way towards the country’s south west.