The Lao Red Cross Society is a

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...

organization in

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

. It was established in 1955. It has its headquarters in Vientiane. Since 1992 it has worked extensively at tackling problems with HIV/

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

in the country and works approximately with 40,000 annually. www.adb.org

References

External links

Official websiteLao Red Cross Profile
1955 establishments in Laos Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies Medical and health organizations based in Laos Organizations established in 1955 {{laos-stub