Three EMERGENCY staff members were working in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip when it was attacked last night. They are unharmed but shaken. The three colleagues – two anaesthetists and a surgeon –…
Nearly two years after the outbreak of conflict in Sudan, EMERGENCY continues its paediatric activities in the country amid an intensifying war and the population’s increasing needs. The hardest hit group is children: out of the almost 25 million people…
"The recognition of equality is the best antidote against war." Gino Strada passed away three years ago today, yet his words ring as true as ever. Gino spent his life putting his belief into practice, providing the care to which…
More than a year since the outbreak of war in Sudan, the country is facing one of the worst humanitarian tragedies ever recorded.
When you donate to EMERGENCY, you help provide free healthcare to someone in need. To a young child in Uganda, where surgery means finally being able to attend school. To a new mother in Afghanistan, where high-quality care means a…
Four-year-old Amol, left, poses for the camera with his friend, three-year-old Achiek. They met on the ward of the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, after travelling from South Sudan with our Regional Programme for Paediatric Surgery. Like Achiek, whose story…
"If everyone of us did our bit, the world would be a better place without us even realising it." Let's keep doing our bit, without stopping. To build a fairer, more equitable, and peaceful world for all. Teresa Sarti Strada,…
"Right now, our presence here is critical for cardiac patients in need of treatment and for surgical emergencies that cannot be treated in hospitals that have been bombed or closed." From Sudan, our colleagues tell us why it is necessary…
Hashim was riding his motorbike to the bazaar in Grishk, Afghanistan when he was hit by a car. While fighting in Helmand province, once a hub of conflict, has subsided, civilian trauma from road traffic accidents, stabbings and other injuries…
