Under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel MACRON, Secours Expo is the trade show 100% dedicated to rescue, emergency and prevention! Event chaired by Dr Pascal CASSAN, head the Global First Aid Reference Centre 10th, 11th, 12th March 2022: READ AGENDA HERE and...
Portrait of Elisa, passionate volunteer at the French Red Cross Nearly one French person in five will have a disability during his or her life. In France, more than 80% of people with all kinds of disabilities become disabled in adulthood.This change marks a turning point in their lives. They face...
Photo credit – Mathieu Surpin At the beginning of the year 2022, I would like to start by extending my best wishes to everyone who reads this newsletter of the Global First Aid Reference Centre. First aid is both a heritage that obliges us and a challenge that motivates us. I am all the more...
Kampala, Uganda Around 1:40am on April 6th, Richard Kabunga was walking home from a friend’s housewarming party when he found a man lying unconscious outside a bar in his neighbourhood. “He had been left for dead by the roadside,” Kabunga says. “It was raining...
[ HAPPY NEW YEAR ] – The New Year is here and our excitement knows no bounds. This year also marks IFRC General Assembly, so may 2022 make our common first aid vision come true! From our GFARC Family to yours, we wish you a Happy New Year! Arabic French Spanish IFAA Representatives...
Iranian Red Crescent’s latest updates on Basic Life Support The latest updates on Basic Life Support according to the International First Aid, Resuscitation and Education Guidelines 2020 were organized in Journal Club format for Iranian Red Crescent’s First Aid Instructors at the...
Edito of the Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter “As I’ve been involved in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for 40 years, I realised that I have absorbed all of its principles and it became a part of me. I always wanted to be part of an organisation that relieved the...
First Aid Trainer of Trainers Course with The Gulf Medical University November 08 2021 The Global First Aid Reference Centre and the IFRC Gulf Country Cluster Delegation successfully organized a blended-learning trainer of trainers (ToT) and trainer course for the Gulf Medical University (GMU) in...
EnThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global First Aid Reference Centre are glad to make available three online courses on IFRC learning platform regarding first aid for different audiences: baby and children, adults and...
Migrations can happen in any part of the world, regardless of the origin, religion and ethnicity of the people. According to the United Nations, the global number of migrations per year has reached 272 million of people in 2019. This substantial number shows an increase of 50 million...
NATIONAL SOCIETIES CONSULTATION ON FIRST AID POLICY UNTIL 7th January 2022 – CLOSED. Thank you! This draft policy was developed together with the First Aid Steering Committee and the First Aid Policy technical working group based on the inputs gathered from the virtual consultations meetings...
The Regional Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC), through the READY Together programme, joined forces with the Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) to host a first aid workshop and training session, at Sint Maarten, from 2021 November 9-14, to enhance the skills of National...
