In a significant step towards preparing for the Guidelines 2025, the Steering Committee of the International First Aid, Resuscitation, and Education Guidelines convened from Monday, the 13th, to Wednesday, the 15th, to strategize and lay the foundation for the forthcoming Guidelines in 2025. This...
The Global First Aid Reference Center (GFARC) has been deployed by the French Red Cross (FRC) to support the development of National Societies (NSD) and strengthen first aid services in the workplace. In January 2024, a support mission was sent to the Burundi Red Cross (BRC) in response to a...
Edito of the Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter In the continuous efforts of humanitarian support, I extend my gratitude to all who stand with us. As the President of the Guinean Red Cross, I find myself humbled by the tireless efforts of our volunteers and partners who are the essence...
From June 19th to June 23rd 2023, a training of trainers was held in Thiès, Senegal. For the training, three Master Educators of GFARC were there as co-facilitators: Gregory Jouvion (from the French Red Cross), Claude Fabbretti (from the Monaco Red Cross), and Daouda Savadogo (from the...
The Romanian Red Cross, with the collaboration of the Global First Aid Reference Centre, organized two sessions of Training of Trainers in First Aid course in order to enhance Trainers of Trainers knowledge, skills and learner centered educational approach. The first one was held in Bucharest from...
Launched in 2016, the Urban Collaboration Platform has been at first a platform for Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies to share experience and good practice, and explore new ways of working. Today, the network is bigger and includes partners from city networks, local governments, private...
Developing the International First Aid Education System In April 2023, GFARC – with the active participation of the American Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross, the Qatar Red Crescent and its 24 First Aid Master Educators – has launched a new project. One main objective: developing the...
The Global First Aid Reference Centre participated to the 22nd Red Cross Inter-American Conference organized by the IFRC and the Bahamas Red Cross on June 5-8, 2023 in Nassau, Bahamas. 130 representatives from over 34 National Red Cross Societies participated to strengthen cooperation and...
The Global Innovation Summit held from the 26 to 28 June in Nairobi, Kenya, united change makers, thought leaders, and experts to explore the transformative power of innovation in our National Societies. Responsive and adaptive National Societies are now more critical than ever in our rapidly...
The GFARC is very happy to share World Restart A Heart 2023’s guidance note as well as the toolkit in English. In collaboration with the International Liaison committee and the European Resuscitation council, World Restart A heart happens every year around the 16th of October....
In a significant development that reinforces the collaborative efforts towards global health and emergency response, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) has officially welcomed the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as a collaborating...
