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The Indian Red Cross is a voluntary humanitarian organization having a network of over 700 branches throughout the country, providing relief in times of disasters/emergencies and promotes health & care of the vulnerable people and communities. It is a leading member of the largest independent humanitarian organization in the world, the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement. More»
Appeal of the Indian Red Cross for assistance to the victims of flood in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Indian Red Cross launches course on Health Promotion through Ayurveda & Yoga                 
 
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Red Cross launches campaign for youth blood
01.10.2009
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Indian Red Cross launched its campaign to motivate youth for enhanced participation in voluntary blood donation. In a function today the Society felicitated, among others, its four centurion donors and 20 youth donors More»
 
IRCS to increase blood donation by catching them young
On October 1st 2009, National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, Indian Red Cross not only cheers the young donors to come forward and donate blood but also celebrates elevation of its blood bank at NHQ. More»
 
Hindi Version of Dunant’s Magnum Opus ‘A Memory of Solferino’ Launched
12.08.2009
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60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was celebrated today by the Red Cross movement partners ie the IRCS, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies together with the Swiss embassy. The book launching ceremony was attended by the Chief Guest, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India, eminent film Director and Goodwill Ambassador of the ICRC. More»
IRCS Expresses Gratitude to its Blood Donors
14.06.2009
This year’s theme for World Blood Donor Day 2009 is “Achieving 100 percent non-remunerated donation of blood and blood components”. Experts on blood services emphasized unanimously in a seminar hosted by the IRCS, “This can be achieved by blood donor motivation, retention of regular voluntary donors and motivation of replacement donors to become voluntary.”

In the same seminar Dr. S. P. Agarwal, Secretary General, IRCS stated, “The IRCS Blood Bank at National Headquarters has already achieved 84 percent non-remunerated voluntary donation of blood. More»
 
IRCS Equips Itself with National Disaster Water Sanitation Response Team
26.05.2009
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According to World Health Organization around 1.1 billion people globally do not have access to improved water supply sources whereas 2.4 billion people do not have access to any type of
improved sanitation facility. About 2 million people die every year due to diarrhoeal diseases and most of them are children less than 5 years of age. These figures can flabbergast anyone and everyone. The situation worsens if there is a disaster. Perennial flooding is a common phenomenon not only for India but also in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh and Nepal. More»
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