An explosion hit the Sher Shah Suri mosque in the west of Kabul today during Friday prayers. “The bomb resulted in four deaths, including the mosque’s Imam. EMERGENCY’s Kabul Surgical Centre for War Victims received seven patients, two of whom had serious injuries,” says Marco Puntin, EMERGENCY Programme Coordinator. Although the number of civilians killed […]

Three hundred and twenty volunteers have done 6,370 shopping trips, bringing 60 tonnes of food and basic goods to more than 3,000 households, at an average rate of over 100 deliveries a day. Those are the figures so far for ‘Milano Aiuta’ (‘Milan helps’), a service run by EMERGENCY and the municipal council of Milan […]

Yesterday, a kitted out mobile clinic in Marche began providing a psychological support service for health workers, former Covid-19 patients and families of people still fighting the disease. All thanks to an agreement signed by EMERGENCY and ASUR March Area Vasta 3, to set up a point for psychological support at the Covid-19 hospital in Camerino. […]

“We have received four people wounded in the attack today. Three of them have gunshot wounds and one is suffering from shrapnel injuries. We stand with our colleagues at the MSF-affiliated hospital today – victims of a violent attack on a facility where women can give birth safely.” says Marco Puntin, EMERGENCY Afghanistan Programme Coordinator […]

Our project to manage the coronavirus emergency at shelters, in collaboration with Milan’s municipal government. EMERGENCY, in collaboration with Milan’s municipal government, has begun a project to help the most vulnerable people in society, who run a higher risk of catching the coronavirus and suffering its effects. It involves monitoring in shelters for homeless people […]

Today we spoke to the authorities of Lombardy region and offered them our help in managing the coronavirus epidemic. We have the possibility to share with the local health authorities our expertise and skills in treating patients in the midst of epidemics, honed in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak of 2014 and 2015. In […]

At least 27 people were killed and approximately 29 injured in an attack in Kabul this morning, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. The incident took place during a commemoration ceremony for the death of the Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari, who was killed by the Taliban in 1995. They have denied responsibility for today’s […]

“Police use tear gas against migrants attempting to cross the Greek border. The coast guard shoot at a refugee boat. Far-right militants use sticks and rocks to attack migrants on the Greek islands. The Prime Minister announces the suspension of asylum applications in Greece for the next month. A three-year-old boy dies during an attempted […]