"Right now, our presence here is critical for cardiac patients in need of treatment and for surgical emergencies that cannot be treated in hospitals that have been bombed or closed." From Sudan, our colleagues tell us why it is necessary…
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…
On 30 March, EMERGENCY and CRIMEDIM released the report Access to Care in Afghanistan. While certain conditions like geographic mobility have improved in the country as fighting has subsided, many barriers remain to accessing care – especially for children like…
Rabiullah lives with his parents and four siblings in the Panjshir Valley, where the cold winter weather and rising prices are making life more and more difficult. When Rabiullah was just 15 months old, he had severe respiratory distress and…
Mohammed is six years old. It took four days for him to travel with his father and grandfather from his home on the border with Chad to arrive at EMERGENCY’s Paediatric Centre in Nyala, Sudan. His father, Alsadic, tells us,…
In the words of Luisa, our Medical Coordinator in Uganda, the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe aims "to hand over the hospital to local staff", who are fully involved in the current management and functioning of the facility. As well…
