EMERGENCY is an independent and neutral humanitarian organization, founded in Italy in 1994, that provides free, high quality medical

and surgical treatment to the victims of war, land mines and poverty. So far, E E!"E#$% has treated over 5,4 million patients in 16 countries. In order to assert the right to healthcare or e!er"one, EMERGENCY# 1. provides assistance totally free of charge& '. guarantees treatment to anyone in need of assistance, without any sort of discrimination& (. practices high quality medicine and employs standardized therapeutic and wor)ing protocols already tested in emergency situations& 4. trains local staff thoroughly until complete operational independence is achieved. EMERGENCY designs, $uilds and manages through its international sta # 1. hospitals for victims of war and surgical emergencies& '. reha*ilitation and social reintegration centres& (. first aid posts for emergency treatment& 4. *asic health centres for primary healthcare& +. paediatric and maternity centres& ,. a centre for cardiac surgery. E E!"E#$% has active programmes in -fghanistan, $entral -frican !epu*lic, Iraq, Italy, Sierra .eone and Sudan. E E!"E#$% usually *uilds or renovates medical structures, which are su*sequently handed over to the local health authorities. Even in Italy, there are areas where serious daily violations of *asic human rights create a need that is unanswered. /his need is often manifested in the negation of the right to health care. 0ith this in mind, E E!"E#$% has *egan wor)ing with immigrants and prisoners. %ince &ecem$er 1''', Emergenc" has treated o!er (,))5,*** people +as o ,une (*, -*1(. in / ghanistan. In over 41 years, war in -fghanistan has caused one and a half million dead, hundreds of thousands of wounded and disa*led, in addition to more than four million displaced people. /he most recent war, which *egan in 2cto*er '111, continues to in3ure, )ill and destroy. -nd on the ground there is still the legacy of previous wars4 landmines and une5ploded devices continue to maim children and adults, mostly civilians. Since 1999, E E!"E#$% has *een active in -fghanistan and has *uilt and managed a %urgical and Medical Centre and a Maternit" Centre in the 0an1shir 2alle", a %urgical Centre in 3a$ul, a %urgical Centre in 4ash5ar6gah, a networ) of 7irst /id 0osts and 8ealth Centres, a programme of medical assistance to the inmates o the largest prisons in the country. %ince -**4, Emergenc" has treated o!er (*-,*** people in %udan +as o ,une (*, -*1(. In '114 E E!"E#$% intervened in Sudan to support the hospitals in ellit and -l 6ashir, in #orthern 7arfur, *y renovating and equipping the emergency surgical *loc) and ward. In '11+ E E!"E#$% opened a 0aediatric Centre in Ma"o Internally 7isplaced 8eople 9I78: camp, a few )ilometres from the capital ;hartoum. /he $entre provides free of charge primary healthcare to children up to 14 years of age.

In the same year, again near*y the capital, E E!"E#$% started to *uild a $entre for $ardiac Surgery in order to provide highly specialized free medical and surgical assistance to patients from Sudan and its neigh*ouring countries. 9he Salam Centre or Cardiac %urger" started its activities in '11<. It is lin)ed to a networ) of 8aediatric $entres where E E!"E#$%=s international cardiologists carry out the screening and follow>up of children and adult heart patients that are transferred to ;hartoum for surgery. In ?uly '111 E E!"E#$% opened a 8aediatric $entre in #yala. /he $entre=s activities are currrently suspended '111, following the )idnapping of a staff mem*er who was released in 7ecem*er '111 after 4 months of imprisonment.