Annual report

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Annual Report 
2022

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This included direct in-country support to 
develop and implement country roadmaps, the 
establishment of cholera early action protocols 
for the Disaster Response Emergency Fund 
(DREF), training, and support for National Society 
engagement with donors and partners. At 
global level, this support included advocacy and 
resource mobilization for the Global Task Force 
for Cholera Control and the development of 
tools and procedures for all task force partners 
to achieve the Cholera Road Map 2030.
The One WASH initiative and the IFRC-hosted 
Country Cholera Support Platform supported 
National Societies throughout the year with chol-
era and WASH training, preparedness analysis, 
and response procedures.
Community engagement and risk communi-
cation remained high priorities for the IFRC in 
2022, with continuous support provided to boost 
National Society capacities in the collection, 
analysis and use of community feedback and 
social and behavioural data to inform planning 
and decision-making.
A 
Community Feedback kit
, comprised of five 
modules and 25 tools, was launched in 2022 and 
was used to support feedback mechanisms in 
crises including the Ebola virus disease response 
in Uganda, and the cholera response in several 
African countries. Training was delivered in the 
use of the kit, and a 
Social Science training
, 
adapted for risk communication and community 
engagement, was developed by the IFRC in part-
nership with the Collective Service for RCCE. The 
IFRC is co-chair of the Collective Service, which 
works with more than 60 partners and supports 
almost 30 countries globally to deliver impact, 
reduce duplication and increase the effective-
ness of local action.
With mental health and the need for psycho-
social support remaining a challenge in many 
countries and contexts, particularly in the light 
of COVID-19 and the crisis in Ukraine and neigh-
bouring countries, the IFRC worked on a number 
of initiatives in support of commitments made 
during the 2019 International Conference of the 
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
These included the development of a 
community-based mental health package in 
collaboration with the Red Cross Psychosocial 
Support reference centre and Nokia, outlining a 
task-shifting approach to caring for people living 
with mental health conditions.
In June 2022, at its 23rd General Assembly, 
the IFRC First Aid Policy and First Aid Vision 
2030 including the operational framework was 
adopted under the Repositioning First Aid at 
the Center of IFRC Strategy 2030 initiative. The 
ambition is to strengthen the IFRC network’s 
collective capacity and capability to advocate, 
collaborate with partners and scale up first aid 
actions and services at community, national, and 
international levels, with one person trained 
by National Societies in first aid in every home, 
workplace, and school. The policy will also help 
increase the recognition of the IFRC network as 
the partner of choice for first aid by communi-
ties, public authorities, and other stakeholders 
at country and international level.
To promote income generation and the financial 
sustainability of National Societies, the IFRC 
developed tools, models, capacities, and busi-
ness cases of National Society and supported 
the repositioning and distribution of First Aid 
Manikins to ten National Societies in four regions 
(Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific and MENA).
In 2022, 61 National Societies reached more 
than 14 million people with awareness activities 
promoting and advocating the power of first aid 
during the World First Aid Day, mobilizing 65,007 
volunteers and staff.
The IFRC also joined a statement at the June 2022 
Council of Delegates stressing the importance 
of mental health and psychosocial support in 
Red Cross and Red Crescent humanitarian work 
delivered across the world, and asking that it be 
a topic for the next Council of Delegates. The 
IFRC also advocated for stronger support for 
mental health needs at several high-level events 
throughout the year.
As populations continue to age around the 
globe – WHO estimates that the number of