Annual report

Centre for Evidence-Based 
Practice
Belgian Red Cross
cebap.org
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2022 expenditure: EUR 1.1 million
The Centre for Evidence-Based Practice provides 
scientific support to identify (cost)-effective 
humanitarian activities and achieve maxi-
mum impact.
In 2022, the centre updated its evidence-based 
manual ‘Help! First aid for first responders’, to 
support Belgian Red Cross volunteers who pro-
vide preventive first aid in a variety of events or 
following a disaster.
In the context of a PhD project, evidence-based 
guidelines on first aid for road safety in Africa 
were created, as well as a systematic review 
on the effectiveness of first aid education for 
laypeople, and a randomized controlled trial on 
the effectiveness of blended first aid education 
in Rwanda.
Two papers were also published on the scientific 
underpinning of pre-event planning of Belgian 
Red Cross preventive first aid posts at mass 
gatherings. Existing evidence (gaps) on blood 
banking in Africa were also mapped.
Active support was provided to the Blood Service. 
The systematic review on blood donation by men 
who have sex with men was updated, as well as 
a systematic review on the safety of preopera-
tive iron and EPO therapy. Finally, evidence was 
reviewed on the usefulness of criteria used in 
selecting products for transfusion in neonates 
and infants.
For more information, please visit:
cebap.org/projects-completed/2022
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Foundation for Humanitarian 
and Social Research
French Red Cross
foundation-croix-rouge.fr/en
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2022 expenditure: EUR 964,000
The French Red Cross Foundation is a public 
utility dedicated to research, with the goal of 
improving practices in the fields of humanitar-
ian and social action, in France and abroad, by 
supporting researchers and developing collabo-
rations with academic institutions.
It grants several postdoctoral fellowships and 
awards research prizes every year to research-
ers working on its priority thematic areas: access 
to health and epidemics, risks and disasters, and 
migration and population movements.
The foundation works closely with employees 
and volunteers, together with their National 
Societies, on issues specific to the field. The 
foundation is also an active member of the 
research consortium RC3, which brings together 
the global expertise and reference centres of the 
IFRC, National Societies, and the ICRC.
In 2022, the number of researchers supported or 
awarded by the foundation reached 100, which 
prompted a reflection on how to help practition-
ers secure research results directly, put them 
into practice, and promote the social innovation 
that may arise from these results.
For more information, please visit: 
foundation-croix-rouge.fr