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161 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARK IN ORTONA
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
161 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARK IN ORTONA EMANUELE NANNINI, PROGRAMME COORDINATOR ON BOARD: “WE PLAN TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE RESCUING PEOPLE IN DISTRESS AT SEA.” Ortona, 28 March 2023 – In the port of Ortona, at 3pm today, EMERGENCY completed the disembarkation of 161 people rescued between […]
105 PEOPLE RESCUED OVERNIGHT BY LIFE SUPPORT
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
LAST NIGHT EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT A RESCUE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS ASSIGNED TO THE BRINDISI POS, SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON FRIDAY MORNING 7 March 2023 – Late last night, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support received a report of a boat in distress in international waters off Libya. The […]
CIVITAVECCHIA: DISEMBARKATION OF 156 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT
Sunday, February 19, 2023
AMONG THE RESCUED ARE TWO WOMEN AND 28 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. MANY REPORT VIOLENCE IN LIBYA EMANUELE NANNINI, PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR LIFE SUPPORT: “BOTH BOATS RESCUED HAD OBVIOUS NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEMS. THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE WERE AT RISK IF WE HAD NOT FOUND THEM IN TIME.” Civitavecchia, 19 February 2023 – In the port of Civitavecchia […]
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 16 FEBRUARY, EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT TWO RESCUES
Thursday, February 16, 2023
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 16 FEBRUARY, EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT TWO RESCUES. BOTH BOATS WERE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS 156 PEOPLE RESCUED. ASSIGNED THE POS OF CIVITAVECCHIA EMERGENCY DENOUNCES INTIMIDATION BY VESSEL BELONGING TO LIBYAN SECURITY FORCES On 16 February, shortly after 12 a.m., EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support spotted […]
EMERGENCY and Ogilvy Italy turn Gino Strada’s words into reality with AI.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
EMERGENCY and Ogilvy Italy turn Gino Strada’s words into reality with AI. For a 2023 in the name of peace. Milan — 09/01/2023 – For the sixth year in a row, Ogilvy and EMERGENCY have created a video to wish the world not only a new year, but a peaceful one. The theme of this […]
EMERGENCY NGO SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT EMBARKS ON INAUGURAL MISSION IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
EMERGENCY NGO SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT EMBARKS ON INAUGURAL MISSION IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA A 28-PERSON TEAM IS ONBOARD, CONSISTING OF CREW, RESCUERS, MEDICS, AND CULTURAL MEDIATORS. Life Support, EMERGENCY’s specialist search and rescue vessel, has departed from Genoa, Italy, on its maiden voyage into the central Mediterranean Sea, joining the civil […]
KABUL: Explosion in Dasht-e-Barchi.
Friday, September 30, 2022
22 PATIENTS RECEIVED SO FAR. MORE THAN 20 MASS CASUALTIES HANDLED BY EMERGENCY IN KABUL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. A total of 22 patients, including 20 women, have been received at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul following the suicide attack that took place this morning, 30 September, inside an educational […]
KABUL, EXPLOSION IN A MOSQUE: 27 WOUNDED PEOPLE RECEIVED SO FAR AT EMERGENCY’S SURGICAL CENTRE FOR WAR VICTIMS, AMONG THEM A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
STEFANO SOZZA, AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY DIRECTOR: “SIXTH EXPLOSION IN THE LAST MONTH, THE SITUATION IS COMPLICATED”. IN AUGUST 2022 ALONE THERE WERE 6 MASS CASUALTIES MANAGED BY EMERGENCY IN KABUL, 16 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. FROM AUGUST 2021 TO DATE, MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE INJURED BY BULLETS AND EXPLOSIVES RECEIVED AT EMERGENCY’S HOSPITALS, MORE […]
Covid-19 Death Toll Four Times Higher in Lower-Income Countries than Rich Ones
Thursday, March 3, 2022
3 million people died since the Omicron variant emerged, shattering perceptions that the pandemic is over The COVID-19 death toll has been four times higher in lower-income countries than in rich ones, according to a new report published today by Oxfam on behalf of the People’s Vaccine Alliance as the world marks two years since […]
EU Set to Bin 25 Million More Vaccine Doses than It Has Donated to Africa This Year
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Europe has betrayed Africa by blocking proposals which would allow manufacturers on the continent to make their own COVID-19 vaccines while hoarding millions of doses which are set to expire at the end of the month, warns the People’s Vaccine Alliance ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of African and European leadersat the AU-EU Summit. According to […]
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