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International Workers’ Day 2023
20 countries. Over 12 million people treated. EMERGENCY’s commitment to providing free, high-quality care is made possible by the incredible dedication of more than 3,700 workers worldwide. To our colleagues: thank you for all that you do. #InternationalWorkersDay
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Meet Rozhgar and Zhino, whose dedication helps us provide high-quality care in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
In 2022, the Orthopaedic Technicians at EMERGENCY’s Sulaymaniyah Rehabilitation Centre delivered 583 new prostheses. Colleagues like Rozhgar and Zhino make this possible. After graduating from Soran Prosthetics Institute, Rozhgar began her career as an ICU nurse. But, she says, “I was always seeking a way to help disabled people.” She joined EMERGENCY as an Orthopaedic…
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Little Rabiullah is Eating Again!
Rabiullah lives with his parents and four siblings in the Panjshir Valley, where the cold winter weather and rising prices are making life more and more difficult. When Rabiullah was just 15 months old, he had severe respiratory distress and low levels of oxygen in his blood. When he was admitted to EMERGENCY’s Anabah Surgical…
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Mine Awareness Day 2023
The children were playing in the garden when the IED exploded. They had found an old metal device that they said looked like a big bullet, and threw it away. 13-year-old Mohammad and his sister, 4-year-old Shamsia, were the closest. They come from a poor family in a remote village in Sangin district, Afghanistan. They…
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Testimonies from Rescued People Onboard Life Support
EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support began conducting missions in December 2022. Once the rescued people are onboard Life Support, we not only provide medical assistance but also bear witness to their stories. Below are just five of the stories we heard from the 161 people we rescued on 25 March 2023. Many spoke…
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Access to Care in Afghanistan: Perspectives from Afghan People in 10 Provinces
Afghan people are facing major socio-economic barriers to care, as well as a healthcare system affected by chronic challenges and underinvestment. EMERGENCY and CRIMEDIM, a research centre from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, have released a new report that explores access to care across 10 Afghan provinces based on data and testimony from over 1,800…
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ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY PAEDIATRIC CARE IN REFUGEE AND IDP CAMPS IN SOUTH DARFUR
Facilitating access to care for the people living in the Al Salam, Beliel, Kalma and Otash Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugee camps, east of the capital Nyala: staff at our Paediatric Centre in Nyala are working on this as part of the project Objective of Good Health in Sudan: Strengthening Human Capital and Quality…
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Kabul: Explosion Near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Monday 27 March, an explosion took place near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, close to EMERGENCY NGO’s Surgical Centre for War Victims. 12 injured patients, including a child, were brought to the EMERGENCY NGO hospital, as well as two other victims who were already dead on arrival. One of the adults admitted…
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International Women’s Day 2023
On International Women’s Day, we want to share a story about two colleagues from our Anabah Maternity Centre who share a name and a purpose: to help the women of Afghanistan. Najila has been Midwife at the hospital for 5 years. At just 25 years old, she is already one of our shift leaders, acting…
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EMERGENCY is helping Sangar return to school.
This little patient between Burhan, physiotherapist, and Shamal, Ortho Technician, is Sangar. Sangar is just 10 years old. One year ago, he lost his right arm and right leg in an accident. He was on the roof of his house, at first to help his aunt wash it and then play by himself. While looking…