Healthcare Support for the People of Gaza
In Gaza, health needs are enormous. Living conditions are unsustainable. The local hospitals that are still operational lack necessary staff and medicines, and are often overcrowded. In the absence of other facilities, the sick and injured turn to hospitals for…
Gino’s Words Ring as True as Ever
"The recognition of equality is the best antidote against war." Gino Strada passed away three years ago today, yet his words ring as true as ever. Gino spent his life putting his belief into practice, providing the care to which…
Special Envoy for Road Safety Visits Emergency’s Goderich Surgical Centre
On Wednesday, 19 June, EMERGENCY welcomed Mr Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, to our Goderich Surgical Centre in Sierra Leone. He was joined by the WHO’s Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr Innocent Nuwagira. In Sierra Leone, injuries…
CIVIL 7 2024: Perspectives on Global Health Equity
The Civil 7 The Civil 7 (C7) is a collaborative platform for civil society organisations to engage with the G7, an annual meeting of the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. EMERGENCY…
From 1994 to 2024: EMERGENCY Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Free, High-Quality Care
“The hospital of Kigali is deserted. Patients, doctors, nurses, almost all have been killed. There are five of us, but we will soon be joined by others.” In 1994, in the midst of the Rwandan genocide, Dr Gino Strada and…
SUDAN: ONE YEAR OF NEGLECTED WAR
Conditions continue to deteriorate. Humanitarian activities face major obstacles. One year of war and neglect: Sudan today Among the obstacles are continuous electricity blackouts and interruptions to the internet and telecommunications networks; exponentially increased fuel prices; shortages of basic goods;…
“Beyond the Beach”: Full Documentary Film Available Now
EMERGENCY is happy to announce that Dover Street Entertainment’s documentary film, “Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope”, is now available on Amazon Prime Video across the UK, US and Italy following its world premiere at the 76th Venice International…
Our Wish for 2024
In the last 10 years, more than 28,000 migrating people have drowned in the Mediterranean. Our wish for 2024: No more indifference. No more deaths at sea.