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Descriptor English: Red Cross
Descriptor Spanish: Cruz Roja
Descriptor Cruz Roja
Entry term(s) Cruz Roja Internacional
Media Luna Roja
Scope note: Colectivo internacional de organizaciones humanitarias dirigido por voluntarios y guiada por su Carta del Congreso y los Principios Fundamentales del Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja, para prestar socorro a las víctimas de desastres y ayudar a las poblaciones a prevenir, prepararse y responder a las emergencias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha
Descriptor French: Croix-Rouge
Entry term(s): American Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Magen David Adom
Red Crescent
Tree number(s): N03.540.514.642
N03.540.630.780.608
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012011
Scope note: International collective of humanitarian organizations led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Annotation: specify geographic location; CATALOGER: Coordinate with specific NAF entry if applicable
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
OG organization & administration
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66
DeCS ID: 12431
Unique ID: D012011
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Red Cross - Preferred
Concept UI M0018668
Scope note International collective of humanitarian organizations led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Preferred term Red Cross
Entry term(s) International Committee of the Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Red Crescent
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - Narrower
Concept UI M0520856
Preferred term International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Magen David Adom - Narrower
Concept UI M0521749
Preferred term Magen David Adom
American Red Cross - Narrower
Concept UI M0520855
Preferred term American Red Cross



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