“EMERGENCY gave my son a chance.”
Amir does not speak. He does not know if he ever will again, because a landmine has torn his vocal cords. The friend he was walking with on the road where the bomb lay is dead. His father Munir, however,…
FLOODING IN AFGHANISTAN: 10 INJURED, 2 DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT EMERGENCY’S FIRST AID POSTS
Major flooding and landslides have affected several districts near Kabul. EMERGENCY’s First Aid Posts in Jalrez and Ghurband have received 10 wounded, and two dead on arrival. As countries around the world are affected by natural disasters, those with already weakened…
Now We Are Taking Care Of Amir In The Ward, Where He Is Improving Every Day.
Over three weeks, our surgical team saw Amir in the operating theatre every 48 hours.
“When I Grow Up, I Want to Be…”
At the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, we like to ask our young patients what they want to be when they grow up.
20th Anniversary of Anabah Maternity Centre
In June 2003, EMERGENCY opened a Maternity Centre in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. Over the past 20 years, our team in Anabah, led by the women of Afghanistan, have admitted around 100,000 patients and delivered over 76,000 babies. Open 24…
“We work for EMERGENCY, because EMERGENCY works for our people.”
“Nursing here is a sacred job: our patients are our relatives, our people.” Gulbudin joined our Surgical Centre in Lashkar-Gah, Afghanistan, when it opened in 2004. After attending university, he worked as a nurse in the wards and the Outpatients…
World Refugee Day 2023
Refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs: a record 110 million people are displaced worldwide, forced to flee because of persecution, conflict, climate change and human rights violations. On World Refugee Day, we recognise the dangers and extreme difficulties that migrants face as…
Achiek Has Finally Received the Care He Needs
Achiek was just 8 months old when he accidentally spilled boiling tea on his hand. The little boy lives with his mother in Bur, South Sudan, where the healthcare system struggles because of insufficient infrastructure and an acute shortage of…
Nurse Osman Cares for the Children in Kabul
Meet Mohamad Osman, one of the nurses here at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Kabul. Mohamad has been working at our hospital for 17 years, first in the intensive care unit and now as Team Leader of the children’s ward. He…
Report: Covid-19 Response in Africa and the COVAX Mechanism
COVID-19 RESPONSE IN AFRICA AND THE COVAX MECHANISM VOICES FROM THE FIELD: SIERRA LEONE, SUDAN, UGANDA