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Gaza | EMERGENCY Rationing Medicines and Supplies
The blockade of aid to Gaza aggravates an already severe situation, leaving more than two million civilians without access to food, water, medicines and essential care. People are struggling to find food and care for themselves. Alessandro Migliorati, logistic coordinator for EMERGENCY’s projects in Gaza, shares what our team is seeing every day: Each week,…
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Sudan: Two Years of War
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) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). During these two years, we have never left the…
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The Legacy of War in Afghanistan | Mine Action Day 2025
“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 remnants left behind by decades of war. At EMERGENCY’s hospitals across the country, we…
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Attack on Nasser Hospital: Our Team’s Testimony
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 – had been working for a fortnight in the surgery ward of Nasser Hospital (Khan Younis).…
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Gaza: “It already feels apocalyptic.”
“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, albeit with less intensity. Giorgio Monti, our Medical Coordinator, reports on recent…
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Breech Without Borders Trains Midwives and Doctors in Anabah
At the Anabah Maternity Centre, EMERGENCY and Breech Without Borders are working together to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies. What is breech birth? Breech birth is a broad term used when an infant in utero has its feet, knees or bottom facing the birth canal, rather than its head. These positions are associated…
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In Sudan, Paediatric Needs Are Increasing
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 in need of humanitarian aid in Sudan, 14 million are children. We run three paediatric…
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International Women’s Day 2025: Testimonies From Our Facilities Around the World
In all of EMERGENCY’s facilities around the world, we invest in women’s professional development – even in contexts where asserting women’s rights can be a daily challenge. Thanks to academic teaching, in-depth practice sessions and continuous on-the-job training, healthcare and non-healthcare professionals can develop specialised skills and take on more senior roles that foster both…
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A Little Relief | Noor’s Story
This is Noor’s first time using a wheelchair. He hesitates, travels in the wrong direction, then loses control of a wheel. He needs further support, but he does not stop trying again and again. With his leg in a plaster cast after a workplace accident, Noor must take a break from the odd jobs he…
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One Name, Seven Letters
He clutches a pen and, with shaky handwriting, writes down the name ‘Mohamed.’ He is referring to the nurse who cared for him when he was first hospitalised at our Lashkar-Gah Surgical Centre. Haroon is 14 years old. He was playing at home when he grabbed onto a metal pipe that sticks out of the…