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The Caribbean has one of the largest regional concentrations of Red Cross entities, consisting of 16 National Red Cross Societies: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross – as well as overseas branches of the British, French, Netherlands and American Red Cross.
The Red Cross Societies support their public authorities as independent auxiliaries to government in the humanitarian field. In wartime, National Societies also assist affected civilian populations and support army medical services, where appropriate.
