The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
LIBERIA: Because of their proximity to markets and heath facilities, 16 villages in Liberia have been selected by the government in Nimba County to host refugees from Côte d’Ivoire. The Liberian Red Cross is helping these communities cope with the sudden influx of people by building several household latrines in the village.
LIBYA: After receiving the support of both the authorities in Tripoli and the National Transitional Council in Benghazi, the ICRC is extending its activities to the western part of Libya. These activities include conducting an initial assessment of the situation, focused mainly on health care, and chartering a ship carrying 130 cubic metres of medicines and other cargo.
NORWAY: Yesterday, the Norwegian Red Cross hosted the Oslo Malaria Conference. More than 200 malaria experts and government officials convened in the Norwegian capital to advise policy-makers how to move towards the target of zero malaria deaths by 2015.
GLOSSARY:
ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross
IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies