Three women wearing aviation uniforms and parachutes; an airplane is in the background. Verso: WHO/9791-9792. General - Red Cross. National Societies the world over. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross, World Health, the magazine of the World Health Organization, publsihes a Red Cross Centenary Album. Our photos illustrate the great variety of activities pursued by the National Societies the world over. USSR: Founded 1867-40,342,000 members - Assitance to war wounded, orphan, families of missing persons - Inspectors of public health - Health classes in isolated villages in Armaenia - Campaign to encourage the inhabitants of Siberia to plant flowers- First aid posts in large railway stations. WHO/9792: there is both Red Cross and Red Cresent. WHO/9791: the first parachute nurses.
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