Dr. Massimo BARRA
Massimo Barra is one of the first medical doctors in Italy to take care of drug users. He started his activity at the Centre for Social Diseases in Rome in 1974 and 2 years after he founded Villa Maraini, the Foundation he has directed for more than 30 years.
Red Cross Volunteer since the age of 8, Dr. Massimo Barra has been Chairman of the Italian Red Cross Youth for 8 years, and, for 21 years, Chairman of the 70.000 Relief Volunteers active in 1050 locations in Italy.
On December 11 2005, he was elected National President of the Italian Red Cross with 623 votes
out of 637.
In Geneva at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Massimo Barra has been President of the Youth Commission from 1974 to 1982, President of the Development Commission in the periods 1982 to 1990 and 2005 to 2008, and finally Vice-President from 2004 to 2005.
He has taken part in more than 350 missions to more than one hundred Countries for the Red Cross.
Chief of "Madonna del Tufo" Hospital (1986 - 2005), President of ERNA, the European Red Cross Network on AIDS, from 1998 to 2003, in 2003 board member of the Global Fund (GFATM), he his author of hundreds of publications and articles concerning the Red Cross, substance abuse, First Aid and AIDS.
On November 2007, he was elected Vice President of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Red Cross Volunteer since the age of 8, Dr. Massimo Barra has been Chairman of the Italian Red Cross Youth for 8 years, and, for 21 years, Chairman of the 70.000 Relief Volunteers active in 1050 locations in Italy.
On December 11 2005, he was elected National President of the Italian Red Cross with 623 votes
out of 637.
In Geneva at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Massimo Barra has been President of the Youth Commission from 1974 to 1982, President of the Development Commission in the periods 1982 to 1990 and 2005 to 2008, and finally Vice-President from 2004 to 2005.
He has taken part in more than 350 missions to more than one hundred Countries for the Red Cross.
Chief of "Madonna del Tufo" Hospital (1986 - 2005), President of ERNA, the European Red Cross Network on AIDS, from 1998 to 2003, in 2003 board member of the Global Fund (GFATM), he his author of hundreds of publications and articles concerning the Red Cross, substance abuse, First Aid and AIDS.
On November 2007, he was elected Vice President of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent.
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