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IRC responds to Ebola outbreak in West Africa [MAP]
Header ImageKulsoom Rizvi As an Ebola outbreak surges through West Africa, IRC staff and community health workers in Sierra Leone and Liberia are actively working to educate communities on how to stop...
View ArticleWorld War 1: Centenary, Remembrance, Lessons
David MilibandThe office of the Foreign Secretary (Secretary of State) in the UK Foreign Office on King Charles Street, across the road from Big Ben and the House of Commons, was designed as a salute...
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Send in your best Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The Central African Republic faces a daunting task of recovering from some of the worst episodes of violence seen in past decades. International...
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The IRC chosen for The Financial Times' charity appeal
Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC The Financial Times has chosen the IRC for its 2014-2015 charity seasonal appeal. The appeal will raise money and increase awareness of the IRC's work with...
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As famine threatens South Sudan, the IRC expands its work in remote villages
Header Image Photo: Jane Mogeni/IRC The upsurge of violence in South Sudan has displaced 1.5 million people, according to the United Nations. 50,000 children could face death in the next few months,...
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What it would take to declare famine in South Sudan [Infographic]
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC The anatomy of famine: An infographic illustrating how fighting, paired with adverse weather, have left many communities bracing for famine in South Sudan. Seven...
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Breastfeeding: Number One in Impact, Last in Progress
Where breastfeeding interventions fall short and how we need to fix it Header Image Photo: Jacob Zocherman/IRC Breastfeeding is not technological. It’s not a pill. And it is certainly not new. It is,...
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Iraq crisis: Latest aid worker updates [Video, Storify]
Header Image Photo: IRC Hundreds of thousands of people have fled new violence in Iraq and many have sought sanctuary in the northern Kurdish region. Follow our Iraq Crisis Storify feature to get the...
View ArticleIRC resettles first Syrian refugee family in Georgia
The IRC resettles the first Syrian refugees in Georgia since war broke out nearly three years ago “I’m very happy — me and my family — that we left all these bad days, the violence, the executions,...
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Tackling misconceptions about breastfeeding that put babies' lives at risk
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Begun immediately after birth, breastfeeding cuts in half the chance that babies will die during their most vulnerable period of life, the first 28 days. Yet still,...
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Growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq leaves thousands in need of food, water...
Header Image Photo: Juan Saed/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi As new waves of violence engulf Iraq, the IRC is providing emergency medical care for as many as 4,000 Yazidis, mostly women and children, who survived...
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Ebola outbreak: "This is an emergency situation"
Header Image Photo: IRC The IRC’s country director in Liberia, Aitor Sanchez Lacomba, speaks with Radio France Internationale on our Ebola response. Since the outbreak, the IRC has supported local...
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Iraq: 'Be captured and killed — or risk dying of hunger' [COMMENTARY]
Header Image Photo: Blake Dawgert/IRC The IRC's Rachel Unkovic writes about the dire situation of tens of thousands of Iraqi women, children and men fleeing the violence of Islamic State militants....
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Helping doctors in Somalia protect survivors of sexual assault
Header Image Photo: Sophia Jones/IRC The IRC is working to strengthen the network of health care workers in Somalia to better protect survivors of sexual assault. Specially trained health staff is...
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Iraq crisis response: Latest aid worker updates and photos
Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC The IRC is distributing emergency supplies to Iraqis displaced by attacks by Islamic State militants. Get the latest updates and photos from IRC aid workers and...
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A week without food or water; Iraqi families find refuge in a school [PHOTOS]
Header Image Rachel Unkovic, who is part of the IRC’s emergency response team in Iraq, shared photos of Iraqi families who found shelter in a school after they escaped from the Sinar Mountains in...
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#Ebola crisis response in West Africa [Storify]
Header Image Photo: IRC As an Ebola outbreak surges through West Africa, IRC staff and community health workers are working to educate people on how to stop the spread of the virus. We're also...
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Iraq crisis: "They’ll never go back home...they’re too afraid and they've...
Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC More than half a million Iraqis have fled the violence of Islamic State militants since early June., many of them heading for refugee camps in Syria. The IRC's...
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500 days to global education: The IRC takes the pledge
Header Image Photo: Ton Koene/SV The IRC has joined the 500 Day Countdown for Global Education campaign which calls for world leaders to ensure every child's basic right to go to school and learn. The...
View ArticleThe IRC’s long-established networks crucial to control Ebola outbreak
The Ebola outbreak devastating western Africa has presented daunting challenges to Liberia, Sierra Leone and surrounding countries, most of which have severely limited resources to fight the scourge....
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