EMERGENCY Founder Gino Strada Receives 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize
Dr Strada received the prize in Seoul, South Korea.
Dr Strada received the prize in Seoul, South Korea.
We believe that this equality should be present in access to medical care around the world, and that everyone should benefit from the right to free, high quality healthcare.
His name is Bahar - 'Spring' - and he has experienced the horrors of war before even coming into the world.
An update from Sicily.
Update on the ongoing situation in Lashkar-Gah, Helmand.
"This photo is a snapshot of hope", Ljubica, Medical Coordinator at EMERGENCY's Paediatric Centre, Port Sudan.
Incredible work and dedication in this volatile region of Afghanistan has led to the opening of a vital new First Aid Point in Helmand.
"In front of me, in the middle of the sea between Italy and Libya, were hundreds of youngsters. We rescued them one by one."
She handed us her baby in tears and said 'Take care of him. Please help me, I don't know where else to go'.
EMERGENCY's Surgical Centre in Lashkar-gah, Afghanistan, was featured in UN OCHA's Humanitarian Bulletin this mor