First Aid & Emergency Supplies

Packing an Emergency Kit in Your Camping Supplies

make sure to bring some necessary items that can come in handy during emergencies. First and foremost prepare a waterproof container to store your emergency supplies in. Also make sure that this container can be firmly closed...

International Medical Corps Launches Online Catalog Offering Gifts That Save the Lives of Those...

Los Angeles, Calif. –International Medical Corps (IMC) offers shoppers an opportunity to give a gift with extra meaning this holiday season.For as little as $15, shoppers can choose among a variety of gift packages that give...

Goma: As many as 20% of displaced families may be headed by single mothers

CARE International - UK The ongoing conflict in North Kivu is tearing families apart and leaving an increasing number of mothers to care for their children alone. Forced to flee from their home villages, single mothers are...

Comparing First Aid Kits And Content Of Supplies

Many injuries are not life threatening and do not require immediate medical attention. Knowing how to treat minor injuries can make a difference in an emergency. However, only knowing is not enough, having a First Aid Kit is a...

Lessons learned: Hurricanes give Jindal experience as governor

Mike Hasten • mhasten@gannett.com • November 17, 2008 ov. Bobby Jindal says dealing with two hurricanes in his first year in office taught him valuable lessons about dealing with the federal government and about the people of...

Logistic effort to supply medicines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

14 November | GOMA/KAMPALA/DUBAI/BRINDISI -- A massive logistic effort is under way to ensure continuous supply of life-saving medicines to hundreds of thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As part of that effort,...

First Emergency Supplies Airlifted Into Goma

The first four planes carrying supplies to curb cholera and respiratory infections have arrived in Goma. These first supplies were sent from Dubai by the UK's Department for International Development. Six more planeloads of...

SERV - The Blood Runners

Romford, August 11, 2005 – SERV (Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers) bikers delivering emergency supplies of blood to hospitals can ride with peace of mind, thanks to support from leading specialist motorcycle insurance...

Tens of thousands more women and girls at risk of rape and attack in DRC, warns CARE

CARE - USA Goma, DR Congo Nov. 6 2008 - Sexual violence in the DR Congo has reached "epidemic proportions", and the new wave of heavy fighting is putting tens of thousands more women and young girls at risk, ...