10000000 patients treated since 1994
EMERGENCY provides free, high-quality healthcare to victims of war, poverty and landmines, alongside building hospitals and training local medical staff. Founded in 1994, EMERGENCY has treated 10 million people in 18 different countries and currently operates in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Iraq, Italy, Sierra Leone, and Sudan.
EMERGENCY UK is the British affiliate of EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY UK supports EMERGENCY through advocacy, fundraising, and recruitment of medical staff.
Stories
May 23, 2019
It’s not every day that we get to catch up with a former patient and hear about their new life.
May 19, 2019
Sometimes our patients respond with a smile - sometimes with quiet, dignified determination.
May 15, 2019
Founding EMERGENCY was a gut reaction, not just a mental decision.
May 15, 2019
EMERGENCY doesn’t just mean war surgery – it means medicine, rights and equality.
May 12, 2019
Simply put, they provide care - in every sense of the word.
May 12, 2019
A couple of inches to the left or the right, and the shrapnel could have hit his head, or a vital organ, but fortunately he had the best protection any baby boy can have: his mother.
May 9, 2019
Sidra is nine years old, she lives in Mosul, Iraq, and we think she should be able to run around and play, just like any other girl her age.
May 6, 2019
It’s EMERGENCY’s very own 007, built in 1998 in the labs at the Centre by amputee and disabled former patients.
