Last week, an EMERGENCY delegation had the opportunity to attend the Every Heartbeat Matters Partner Summit - hosted by Edwards Lifesciences and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation - alongside other global partners, clinicians, and advocates who share our belief that access…
How do you deliver quality healthcare in the midst of war? What does it take to rebuild health systems in its aftermath? How do individual and population level health needs change throughout? Join EMERGENCY USA at the National Press Club…
When Ebola hit Sierra Leone in early 2014, it reached one of the poorest countries in the world. The limited healthcare infrastructure and workforce had already been devastated by a decade-long civil war that had killed upwards of 70,000 people, maimed a further 20,000 and…
We are thrilled to share that at last week’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dr. Emily Farkas was recognized with the 2026 Nina Starr Braunwald Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Award. During the meeting, attendees also had the opportunity…
The war in Sudan has raged for more than 1,000 days. The fighting continues to devastate the country, but its consequences rarely make international headlines. Yet millions of people remain victims of a humanitarian emergency that numbers alone cannot truly…
On November 16th, an incredible group of supporters gathered at the Battery Club in San Francisco. The highlight of the night was a fireside chat between a group of outstanding humanitarians who have spent time working at EMERGENCY’s hospitals -…
In October, EMERGENCY surgeon Dr Emily Farkas shared the work of the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery at the EACTS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen. Our hospital in Sudan provides free, high-quality cardiac care in a region where rheumatic heart disease…
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…