Almost two years after the end of the battle that liberated Mosul, and despite the conclusion of military operations in the area, the Iraqi city remains at the epicentre of a profound humanitarian crisis. Over two million internally displaced people (IDPs) require assistance, and the zones most heavily affected by the conflict – like Mosul […]

Gul Ahmad and Musa Khan, two colleagues at EMERGENCY’s First Aid Post in Andar, an easterly district in the province of Ghazni, were killed on Sunday. Gul Ahmad, the supervisor of the First Aid Post, and Musa Khan, a member of our cleaning staff, were travelling to Ghazni by motorbike when they were killed by […]

Approximately 100 people were hit by a series of explosions in the 16th Police District of Kabul, Afghanistan, this morning. The attack took place just as peace talks between the USA and anti-government forces, aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, are underway in Doha. The area which was targeted is home to many institutional […]

On 4 November 2018 in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of EMERGENCY’s Maternity Hospital in Panjshir, Anabah, an outbreak of an unknown and as yet not determined origin was registered. Twelve newborns, who were already in a critical condition and on antibiotic therapy, passed away due to what presented itself as sepsis. EMERGENCY immediately […]

Since April 2018, EMERGENCY has been implementing the ‘Healthcare for the Victims of the War in Iraq’ project. Funded by the EU this project guarantees healthcare and rehabilitation services for people affected by the recent conflict and people who continues to endure the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Iraq. The aim of the project is to […]

Helmand Province is one of the regions most severely affected by the war in Afghanistan, and suffers the highest total number of civilian casualties in the country. Lashkar-Gah alone recorded 20% of the nationwide total over the course of the past year. The region remains the scene of unremitting armed clashes between government forces and […]

This morning, several explosions, followed by gunfire, have hit different areas of Kabul. The first explosion occurred at the entrance to a police station near Dashte Barchi, a district in the west of the city, a second near another police station in Shar-e-Naw, in the centre of Kabul and about one kilometre from the EMERGENCY […]

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 14.30 – 16.30, European Parliament, Brussels – Room: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 3E-2 EMERGENCY NGO will take part in a panel hearing on emergency and humanitarian aid in conflict areas at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 21 March. Dr Gino Strada, the founder of EMERGENCY NGO, will speak on ‘responding […]