Acknowledgements

Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Item Catalogue is the compilation of a large number of experiences, involving Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and many other organisations and individuals.

We are especially grateful to all Red Cross and Red Crescent staff members for their invaluable advice in preparing the specifications, and their diligent review of the drafts, often under time pressure.

We are especially grateful to IAPSO/UNDP, MSF, OXFAM, and WHO, for their invaluable contribution to the standardisation work and the authorisation to use their respective catalogues and brochures in the setting up of the present document.

We are especially grateful to Butyl Ltd, PumpSets Ltd, Pumping Systems Ltd, Medicon eG., Stratec eG., SGS Laboratoire Crepin, Wolff Agrilab, and many others, for their priceless input to this catalogue.