December 2015

Source: Premier Construction News A new purpose-built state-of-the-art HH including offices, a hangar and helipad and pilot welfare facilities, is under construction in Llanelli for Wales Air Ambulance service. The two-phase project…

Niamey (ICRC) – A seminar on Islam, humanitarian action and protecting victims of armed conflict is bringing together 30 intellectuals and academics from Islamic and Arabic-speaking universities from across Africa.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Chennai's citizens were crowding into relief camps in southern India's Tamil Nadu state on Friday, as floods continued to grow. Emergency workers, including the Indian armed forces, rescued more than 120,000 people on…

The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize…

Article author: Joana Alfaiate Political leaders from across the world have gathered at the UN climate conference in Paris this week to reach a new global agreement to tackle climate change. The agreement will include cutting greenhouse…

Posted on Pulse by Larry Kilian Suppose for a moment you have been injured in an automobile accident.  On your way to the nearest hospital in the ambulance you learn that you are being taken to an emergency ward that has a poor…

Despite vehicle donations and purchases during the Ebola epidemic, many patients still struggle to reach a hospital. Original source: Al Jazeera. Article by Cooper Inveen Sierra Leone - The patient Mariam Momoh was…

Source IRIN: BANGUI, 29 November 2015 - The Pope's visit to this capital city on Sunday is, in his own words, motivated by his desire to “contribute to the dressing of the wounds and opening of the way to a more serene future for Central…