Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a major and increasing health-care problem due to its high prevalence and economic burden. Prevalence data reveals that 5 to 35% of the world’s adult population suffer from DED.

With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Latvian Red Cross and the German Red Cross, both national societies contribute to strengthening their cooperation.

On the occasion of Mother’s Day, RC is launching a new campaign to highlight the courage of women living in countries in conflict.

On 13 April, one of people’s favourite promotions resumes – Pet Days.

On March 19, an online evaluation meeting of the international project “BALTPREP ” took place.

On 3 November, the representatives of the Latvian Red Cross participated in the international online training.

Latvian Red Cross (LatRC) in February, continued to implement the international project “BALTPREP”

On this same day 11 March in 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, killing 18,428 people and displacing 470,000 others.

Video about the BALTPREP project: 2 years experience and lessons learnt.