2010

Childhood in the shadow of AIDS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 9 December 2010; Children s lives, children s rights are being compromised and devastated every day, all over the world by disease, and particularly by the AIDS pandemic. Over 4 million children have died from AIDS, and more than 13 million children have been orphaned. But death is not the only blight. Millions more are suffering from
Between World AIDS Day and the International Volunteer Day: more volunteers to do more, do better and reach further: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 7 December 2010; Giovanni Zambello; On 1 December, 2010, like every year, thousands of Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers throughout Europe gathered in streets, shopping centres, cinemas, schools, bar and clubs to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, fight stigma, and promote safer behaviour in their communities. All of them are the same volunteers that the world
Belarus web story: harm reduction: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 1 December 2010; Joe Lowry; Nikolay and Irina spend all their money on semechki , a homemade poppy-seed paste, the drug of choice in the drab town of Slutsk (pop. 70,000, levelled in the Second World War), two hours drive south of the Belarusian capital, Minsk. Their families have long since kicked them out. They work, they live, they use. Sober
China web story: harm reduction: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 1 December 2010; By Zhang Ran, Red Cross Society of China: Harm Reduction Project; The province of Yunnan lies huddled in the south-west border area in China , curved up against Vietnam , Laos and Burma , and linked to Thailand and
Italian web story: harm reduction: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 1 December 2010; By Philippe Garcia, former drug addict working for the Italian Red Cross at Villa Maraini in Rome, Italy; I started to take drugs quite young, when I was about 14 or 15 years old. They were light drugs like cannabis and alcohol, but over the years I started to take heavy drugs like heroin. Then, to get the same effect, I had to take bigger quantities... which caused money problems, so I started to deal. Then that little w
New IFRC report says insufficient access to HIV prevention, treatment and support for injecting drug users violates human rights: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 26 November 2010; Denying harm reduction services to injecting drug users is contributing to the transmission of HIV and constitutes a violation of human rights says a new report released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Launched for World AIDS Day, the new report, Out of harm s way,
China and Mongolia Red Cross Societies unite in unique places to curb HIV: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 7 September 2010; Francis Markus, IFRC, Erenhot, China; I am part of a crowd of 2,000 people pressed closely together in the main square of this small border town: me and my colleagues from the Red Cross Society of China , a group of volunteers and railway performers from the Mongolian Red Cross Society, local community members and a diverse line-up of performers on the mai
Vienna AIDS conference: IFRC to increase harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 19 July 2010; The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is to further develop harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users, one of the groups most at risk of HIV infection because of contaminated needle and syringe use. The announcement came during a two-day meeting of 72 representatives from
Ukraine: living with HIV in hiding: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 15 July 2010; Jean-Luc Martinage in Kiev; Fighting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV is at the core of the Red Cross Red Crescent AIDS response. In Ukraine , the Red Cross is one of the very few organizations actively involved in fighting against stigma while providing care and support through its visiting nurses programme. The Ukra
Living with HIV in Ukraine: "I am still here very much thanks to my Red Cross visiting nurse": International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 15 July 2010; Jean-Luc Martinage in Kiev; His name is Eduard. The 37-year-old man welcomes us with his mother Valentina in his old Soviet-style flat in the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Eduard started using drugs when he was 20. It was not until 2005 that he found out about his HIV positive status through a routine blood test that was taken before
HIV prevention for drug users in Belarus: so much more than just syringe exchange: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 14 July 2010; Jean-Luc Martinage in Grodno, Belarus; Grodno is an historical city in Western Belarus , close to the border with Poland . Even though it is not an urban area as big as Minsk, the capital city, the region of Grodno does not escape the major health risks connected to the use of drugs. As in many countries, using drugs is illegal
HIV in Belarus: reminding people that ignorance still kills: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 14 July 2010; Jean-Luc Martinage in Minsk, Belarus; Hanna Nazarova recently turned 34. Yet, she is almost surprised to be still alive. The young woman from Minsk, the capital city of Belarus , became aware of her HIV positive status at the age of 19. As with many infected people at that time, she thought she would die soon. We meet Hanna at the headquarters of Belarus R
Belarus: reaching people vulnerable to HIV wherever they are: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 14 July 2010; Jean-Luc Martinage in Minsk, Belarus; The HIV situation in Belarus has not reached an epidemic level as in some of the neighbouring countries. According to official statistics released in May 2010, more than 11,000 infection cases have been registered and more than 2,000 people have died. Even if the number of cases has remained relatively stable, several
Kazakhstan: Tackling TB and HIV co-infection: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 24 March 2010; Amanda George, British Red Cross, in Temirtau; On the northern Kazakh steppe lies the metal town of Temirtau, named after the heavy industry that dominates the city. The population of 120,000 is employed almost entirely in the vast steel works that line the horizon, spewing acrid smoke. Snow is frozen solid into the ground, as temperatures do not climb above freezi
"We must break the vicious circle that allows TB to kill so many people so needlessly": International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - 24 March 2010; March 24th is World TB Day and to mark the occasion ifrc.org asked Lasha Goguadze, head of the IFRC global Tuberculosis (TB) programme at the IFRC Secretariat in Geneva, to provide an update on where we are in the fight against TB - and to explain what contribution the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are making ar

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