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EMERGENCY at WISH 2020
The 2020 World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) is here! EMERGENCY is proud to be part of this important event. From 15 to 19 November, the global healthcare community will come together, united by the mission of collaborating to build a healthier world. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the entire event will be digital.…
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The ‘dueminuti. Atlante Storico di Emergency’ Project Wins a Silver IIIDaward in the ‘Editorial’ Category.
The IIIDaward is an international prize given every three years. It sets the parameters for design and points to the main social, cultural and economic factors that will influence the industry over the next few years. It was created by the International Institute for Information Design (IIID), based in Vienna, where prize-winning projects are exhibited…
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Medicine can’t stop. Neither can solidarity with one another in these difficult times.
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. Although some borders have closed to contain the spread of the virus, we must also build bridges too. Protecting ourselves by protecting eachother. It is clear, perhaps more than ever, how important it is to have good healthcare systems. What is also important…
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ZAKHEM | WOUNDS: WHERE HOME COMES HOME. A Photographic Exhibition by Giulio Piscitelli
EMERGENCY is proud to announce that Giulio Piscitelli’s award-winning photographic exhibition Zakhem | Wounds: When War Comes Home is coming to London. Inspired by his recent visit to EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centres in Kabul and Lashkhar-Gah, Piscitelli shines a light on some of the many civilian casualties in a conflict that has raged for eighteen years.…
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EMERGENCY presents: A Quiet Revolution. Behind the scenes of Afghan Women’s lives. The EMERGENCY Anabah Maternity Centre and Women’s empowerment in Afghanistan
2019 marks the 41st year of war in Afghanistan. The country has been devastated by a continuous war that has caused enormous damage, millions of casualties and an even higher number of internally displaced people and refugees. The war has seriously damaged the country, including the national health system. The condition of women, in particular,…
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“I try to always work with a smile on my face”
“When I listen to people who have spent hours squashed onto an inflatable raft, forced to stand still for the whole journey, vomiting and relieving themselves where they stand; when I hear the stories of those who have had a family crisis and found themselves sleeping on the streets… I think it’s devastating.” On the…
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“He was born right here, in Ashti”
When Eqbal brought her son Aiham to EMERGENCY’s Healthcare Centre at the refugee camp in Ashti, in Iraqi Kurdistan, he was only four months old, had a severe cold and a cough, and his eyes wouldn’t stop watering. In Ashti, the winter temperatures, rain, humidity and lack of proper heating systems in the tents really…
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Survival is like winning the lottery
It’s about 8am and Kabul is awoken by the first explosion of the day. Mohammed lives in Shash Darak, the district where two bombs exploded one after another. “I heard an explosion. My house is in front of the Afghan Intelligence Agency headquarters where the attack took place. I was afraid, I thought about it…