Heatwaves are deadly disasters that are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health and well-being. When a heatwave strikes, the most vulnerable are the most impacted. In the past decade severe heatwaves have been responsible for numerous fatalities, including over 400 deaths in The Netherlands in 2019, over 1,500 deaths in India in 2015, […]
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This document is a summary of the risk, evidence, and assessment related to COVID-19 for the week 17 – 23 May. These are updated on a weekly basis and past updates can be found here under ‘Risk, Evidence, and Modelling’. Future updates will appear in the same location.
Weekly Updates Evidence and Assessments 17 – 23 May Read More »
La campaña de inclusión social busca la visibilización de grupos vulnerables que ven exacerbadas sus condiciones en la actual emergencia del Covid-19, los videos abordan situaciones que sufren las personas que tienen labores de trabajo doméstico y trabajo informal, la población migrante, personas con discapacidad, adultos mayores y la violencia domestica.
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Las emergencias sanitarias afectan de manera distinta a mujeres, hombres, niñas, niños, adolescentes y personas LGBTIQ+. Reconocerlo es clave para asegurar una respuesta humanitaria más eficaz y pertinente centrada en las personas y sensible al género. El presente documento indican algunas acciones de género clave generales para cada uno de los sectores humanitarios que son
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The purpose of this document is to provide information to Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers on how to engage with, inform and support older people to support older people in facing new challenges linked to COVID-19. This is a living document that will be updated as the situation evolves.
The activity cards are designed especially for children who are in lock-down or have limited acces to school and recreational programming. All of the activities can be done individually or with a small group of 2 to 3 people at home or in any suitable places.
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Do you know what empathy is? It means to understand how people feel. Try drawing The Empathy Tree! It can help you learn how to better understand others and create a kinder world.
The objective of this document is to disseminate the experience of the Spanish Red Cross (Spanish RC) in the face of the importation of large volumes of humanitarian aid during the emergency phase in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that it can serve as a reference, source of inspiration or help to other Red
Case Study: Increasing the supply chain agility for PPE during COVID-19 response Read More »
“Manual de arte terapia para el fortalecimiento de la salud mental como respuesta a la emergencia por COVID-19” es un documento creado por la Unidad de Atención Psicosocial de Cruz Roja Salvadoreña, gracias a la asistencia técnica y financiera de Cruz Roja Española. El material es una adaptación de la técnica “Mi Mandala Personal” desarrollada
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Declaration by the Health Care in danger community of concern about the current situation of violence against health care. New patterns of violence against healthcare in the COVID-19 pandemic
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