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Disaster management: Operations in 78 countries in natural and human related disasters in the last 10 years [9]; Blood donations provided through 17 Regional Blood Centers, 65 Blood Donation Centers with more than 150 mobile blood donation vehicles [10] Kinik, the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, said "Nearly 2.4 million people have donated blood to the Red Crescent in 2017, and there were ...
The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
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The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
Hilal Ahmar (Arabic: الهلال الأحمر, Persian: هلال احمر, Turkish: Hilâl-i Ahmer,Urdu: ہلالِ احمر) . [a] Hilal Ahmar is a charitable organization;, and is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Turkey has no official national emblem, but the crescent and star (Turkish: ay-yıldız, lit. ' crescent-star ') design from the national flag is in use on Turkish passports, Turkish identity cards and at the diplomatic missions of Turkey. The crescent and star are from the 19th-century Ottoman flag (1844–1923) which also forms the basis of ...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is an international membership organization that unites 191 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and supports them through a global secretariat. The IFRC acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of ...
A red field with the large white disk in the center bearing the red crescent moon nearly encircling the red five-pointed star. 1971 to present Flag of the United Arab Emirates: Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side. 1990 to present Flag of Yemen: Three horizontal bands of red, white and ...