Have you ever seen the #dlws hashtag on Twitter? It's usually associated with an offhand comment or complaint about the weather. You may have used it to make your own observations too. But do you know what it all means on a larger scale? By the time...
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TV's favourite ad men and women returned to television screens across North America last night and if you saw the latest episode you can probably understand why we're interested in a particular scene. Don and Megan's doorman suffers a sudden car...
Many people around the world today are marking World Health Day. World Health Day was celebrated on Sunday, April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, the UN’s health agency. Health services are one of the c...
Le Mali à feu et à sang Le conflit au Mali continue de provoquer des déplacements de population. Le CICR et la Croix-Rouge malienne distribuent des vivres et des articles de première nécessité. Voici un article sur les déplacés à Tin Zaouatène :Bonn...
As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the mobile phone, it is really amazing to think about all of the innovation in mobile phone technology and how it impacts our health, provides life-saving information, and provides information in a disaster or ...
Around the world, Red Crossers use many different means of transport and even technology to reach people to spread important prevention information. We love this photo of Zimbabwe Red Cross hygiene promotion volunteer Tizai Miidzo on his bicyc...
Les souvenirs du SRAS de 2002-2003 et de l’épidémie de grippe de H1N1 de 2009 ne sont pas si lointains et le monde n’est jamais à l’abri d’une pandémie. Lorsque les gens se déplaçaient majoritairement à pied, il était relativement facile de prédi...
Voici venu le joyeux temps du festin de chocolat! En achetant vos lapins en chocolat et autres gâteries de Pâques, n'oubliez pas d'en garder un peu pour votre kit de préparation aux urgences. En effet, le chocolat peut être salutaire en cas d'urgence...