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The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) was hit by an advanced cyber-attack this week. The attack targeted ICRC servers holding data and confidential information on more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people. These are people who are looking…

On April 29th, 2019, a new question was added to the medical questionnaire for donors of the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders. Its purpose is to determine whether a donor’s current gender matches the gender they were assigned at birth. This question was…

The consequences of the armed conflict in Syria spread far over its borders. In June 2014 the conflict spilled over to Iraq, where 3,2 million people are internally displaced. Many of those IDPs have found a temporary shelter in Kurdistan Region of…

A series of blasts throughout Brussels have killed and wounded several people on 22nd March. Belgian Red Cross-Flanders provides assistance to the relief services and the government. Contact the Belgian CrisisCenter by…

Welcome to the grand opening of Sango! On Thursday 4 June Sango, the new building the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders in Mechelen, will have its official opening. We sincerely hope you can make it. Sango is the new operating base of our Blood Services,…