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“People underestimate their potential in saving lives, but it’s very rewarding and makes us more humane” by Dr. Fawzi Amin
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...
First Aid Trainer of Trainers Course with The Gulf Medical University
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...
Introductory first aid online courses are now available in English, French and Spanish!
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...
Online Practical Guidance on First Aid for Migrants
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...
IFRC General Assembly: Repositioning First Aid in 2022 and beyond!
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...
READY Together Programme – The PIRAC and GFARC host a Caribbean first aid workshop
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...
Learn the SAFE STEPS for First Aid Treatment with the brothers from We Bare Bears!
SAFE STEP KIDS is a multi-platform public service programme created by Prudence Foundation, in partnership with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Cartoon...
IFRC General Assembly 2022: First Aid highlighted
General Assembly 2022 : launching of the Technical Working Groups to reposition first aid at the centre of the IFRC’s strategy Last year, the IFRC announced its initiative of repositioning first aid...
World Restart A Heart Day Toolkit
World Restart A Heart ToolkitDespite the current pandemic, the IFRC through GFARC joins once again the initiative launched by ILCOR on World Restart A Heart day on the 16th October!...
Regional first aid meetings for Europe and Asia Pacific
In order to reach its ambition to work closely with National Societies and answer the needs of the field according to the context, the Global First Aid Reference Centre organises 'Regional First Aid...
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