The Royal College of Surgeons of England is one of the world’s most renowned and prestigious institutions dedicated to advancing surgical care. On 9 and 10 October, EMERGENCY collaborated with the College across two events. At a special screening of…
EMERGENCY is collaborating with The Royal College of Surgeons of England on 9 and 10 October! On the evening of Thursday, 9 October, RCS is hosting a free screening of Long Night, a documentary exploring 25 years of EMERGENCY’s work…
With over 12 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), the war in Sudan has generated what the UN has called the world’s most devastating displacement crisis. Before April 2023, Sudan was already hosting more than a million refugees from several African countries. When…
Four years since August 2021, peace in Afghanistan has meant a formal conclusion to war, but not to its consequences. Four years have passed since the international community withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021. In this time, the country has…
The morning of 19 May, an Israeli military operation struck Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. The same governorate where our clinic is located. Our Medical Coordinator Giorgio Monti sent an update: When there is talk of the end of the…
Fighting has ceased in Khartoum, but violence continues in Darfur: updates from Sudan, after two years of war Two years have passed since 15 April 2023, when a war broke out in Sudan fought between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
Today, 7 April 2025, is World Health Day. While we celebrate the major medical strides made in the last decades, we also recognise that access to healthcare is under threat worldwide. We must advance every individual’s right to health. Over…
“I was playing with some kids. I picked up a mine with my hands. The bomb exploded.” Nasratullah, 10 years old, lost two fingers to a landmine. More than a quarter of Afghanistan remains contaminated by landmines, IEDs, cluster munitions—the explosive…
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 –…
“The latest bombings in Gaza struck people at their most vulnerable moment: whilst they were sleeping. With the roar of the explosions, the windows of our compound literally burst open. Nobody saw it coming, there was no warning.” Even now, the attacks continue,…
