The IFRC’s Americas Regional Office works in support of 35 National Red Cross. Through its Country Cluster Support Teams and its technical unit, it provides coordination, financial and technical support for disaster operations and longer term development programmes throughout the region.
Latest news from Americas
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 people with gunshot wounds. We …
The situation in Choluteca, Honduras, near the border with Nicaragua, is extremely difficult for approximately 500 migrants who are blocked in the country due to movement restrictions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them are from Cuba, …
Cristian is a volunteer of the Chilean Red Cross and a specialist in psychosocial support. Along with other medical and psychological volunteers, he has been providing psychosocial support since April to passengers on domestic flights. So far, nearly 1 …
Sandra couldn’t sleep. It was the night of May 31st, the rain was falling in buckets from the sky and the wind was raging round the walls of the house. The storm Amanda was hitting the community La Anona in San Luis La Herradura in El Salvador. That sa …
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.
- Director: Walter Cotte
- Deputy Director: Stephen McAndrew
Head of Clusters and Countries Support Team
- South Cone and Brazil Head of Cluster: Alexandre Claudon
- Andean Country Head of Cluster: Ines Brill
- Central America Head of Cluster: Nelson Aly Rodriguez / Panama Focal Point: Antonella Finis Gallardo
- Latin Caribbean Head of Cluster: Elias Ghanem
- English Caribbean Head of Cluster: Ariel Kesten
- Venezuela Head of Country Office: Michelle Detomaso
- Northern Cluster Focal Point: Jono Anzalone
- Colombia Focal Point: Jorge Zequeira
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The Zika, dengue and chikungunya prevention toolkit is intended to be used with the Zika, dengue and chikungunya prevention modules. The toolkit features full-colour imagery, interactive formats and games material to teach all audiences according to the methodology suggested in the module guides.
National Societies
- American Red Cross
- Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society
- Argentine Red Cross
- The Bahamas Red Cross Society
- The Barbados Red Cross Society
- Belize Red Cross Society
- Bolivian Red Cross
- Brazilian Red Cross
- The Canadian Red Cross Society
- Chilean Red Cross
- Colombian Red Cross Society
- Costa Rican Red Cross
- Cuban Red Cross
- Paraguayan Red Cross
- Peruvian Red Cross
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society
- Saint Lucia Red Cross
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross
- Salvadorean Red Cross Society
- Suriname Red Cross
- The Bahamas Red Cross Society
- Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society
- Uruguayan Red Cross
- Venezuelan Red Cross
