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Emergencies and Disasters Worldwide
November 27, 2013 - As the Canadian Red Cross delivers more life-saving medical care and support to other relief operations in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation in the Philippines, it welcomes a Government of Canada announcement extending by two weeks to December 23rd, a program to match dollar-for-dollar eligible donations by individuals to the relief effort.
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November 21, 2013 - Today, doctors treated their first patients in the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital in the Philippines.
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November 14, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that nine banks in Canada are accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
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November 13, 2013 - Today, the Canadian Red Cross will deploy its field hospital to the Philippines, to provide basic health and surgical care to communities affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
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November 11, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross is thanking the Government of Canada for its decision to match donations made to charitable organizations in support of relief efforts in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
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November 08, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross is now accepting donations to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. The humanitarian impact of Haiyan threatens to be colossal.
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October 30, 2013 -
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement calls on all parties to the conflict in Syria to respect the work of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, and to guarantee the safety of aid workers and their unimpeded, immediate access to people in need across Syria. We also call on all those who have an influence on the ground to help us ensure aid can reach those most in need.
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October 05, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross welcomes Minister Paradis’ call for humanitarian agencies to have free, safe, and unhindered access to those in need, and for the respect and protection of medical and humanitarian personnel, facilities, and transport.
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September 27, 2013 - More can and must be done to protect hospitals and clinics in conflict-ridden countries, such as Syria, Somalia and the Central African Republic, where fighting has wreaked havoc on health facilities, putting countless lives in danger.
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September 24, 2013 - Some sixty experts from a number of different countries and specialties will come together for a two-day workshop in Ottawa tomorrow to address an urgent, global problem that leaves patients untreated, clinics shut down and the wounded and sick left to die.
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