What is the Red Cross/Red Crescent main comparative advantage?
Our main comparative advantage is the capacity to undertake direct action at community-and family-level while having access to policy makers. Red Cross and Red Crescent trained volunteers involved in our home-based care programs have a unique role of visiting clients, supporting their adherence to treatment, giving advice on nutrition, health and hygiene, bringing psycho-social support to clients and to their families, sending them to clinics when their health deteriorates. Because of the lack of heath care personnel in many low income-countries, Red Cross or Red Crescent volunteers are often the only ones to be able to provide this service to their communities. Because they usually live in the same area where they work, our volunteers are also best placed to understand and overcome cultural challenges, especially when it comes to prevention messages. Besides, we work closely with partners like Ministries of Health, UNAIDS, other UN agencies, NGOs and relevant institutions. Over the pa
