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Emergency is an Italian NGO, focusing on civilian war victims, especially in relation to landmines. It was founded by war surgeon Gino Strada.
Activities
Emergency has operated in many war-torn zones, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Sudan. The organization has a policy to build hospitals on both sides of a conflict in order not to appear supporting one or the other side; for instance, during the Afghan war between the Talibans and the various mujahideen factions of the Afghan Northern Alliance, a hospital was built in Kabul and another one in Anabah, in the Pansheer valley.
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Books
In Italian
- Gino Strada, Pappagalli verdi - Cronache di un chirurgo di guerra, Feltrinelli, 1999, ISBN 8807170329
- Gino Strada, Buskashì - Viaggio dentro la guerra, Feltrinelli, 2002, ISBN 8807170698
- Giulietto Chiesa, Vauro, Afghanistan anno zero, Guerini e Associati, 2001, ISBN 8883352424
- Emergency, Medici di guerra - Inviati di pace, Guerini e Associati, 2002, ISBN 8883353196
- Vauro, Principessa di Baghdad, Guerini e Associati, 2003, ISBN 888335432X
"Emergency (NGO)"