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The efforts have come a long way since the 1970s and ‘80s, when the demand for an internationally organized disaster-relief response system began to grow. Since then, organizations have developed educational tools to increase public awareness and streamlined the dissemination of relief services.

And as the global community grows more interdependent in its communication and commerce, the need for international relief services during natural disasters and military conflict has become increasingly critical to the well-being of all nations, experts attest.