PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — September is Sickle CellAwareness Month. According to the CDC,Sickle Cell is an inherited blood disorder that produces abnormal hemoglobin. It causes red blood cells to become ...

Bangui, Cental Africa Republic: A Red Cross worker was killed on Saturday in the north of the Central African Republic, amid escalating religious violence that peacekeepers have been powerless to stop ...

Red Crescent societies in Tunisia and Libya are seeing an increase in drownings on the shores of North Africa. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Warmer weather ...

Beijing has built strong bonds with political leaders across Africa with its policy of non-interference in other nations’ domestic affairs. For the Red Cross, it’s high time that China starts ...

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Thursday is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day and the American Red Cross in Liverpool, N.Y., hosted a blood drive. Sickle cell disease is something you're born with that can make ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network, helping people in around 150 countries. Founded in 1919, the Geneva-based ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Humanitarian groups in West Africa must focus more on helping vulnerable communities boost their resilience to cope with disasters and crises, the head of the Red ...

Proverb 1 "He who upsets a thing should know how to rearrange it" (Sierra Leonean) -- Proverb 3 "The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people" (Ghanian) -- Proverb 4 "He who does not ...

BANGUI (Reuters) - A local Red Cross worker was shot dead and at least 31 people were injured in fighting between militia and international peacekeepers in the capital of Central African Republic on ...