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The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LRCS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Andrei K. Kisselev
Andrei K. Kisselev
Affiliation:
Undersecretary General, Geneva, Switzerland
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The “International Red Cross” is composed of: (1) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which focuses on war victims; (2) the LRCS; and (3) the 130 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide which are federated by the LRCS. The LRCS was founded to facilitate, encourage and promote the humanitarian activities of its member societies and thus contribute to the promotion of peace in the world. The LRCS considers health as one of the keys to a better world for everyone. Red Cross programs include the training of nursing personnel, the provision of health care in rural areas, the organization of assistance to the sick, aged, and handicapped, and teaching first aid skills to lay people.

Type
Section One—Introductions
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 1: Military and Disaster Medicine , Spring 1985 , pp. 3
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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