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hunting, left leg amputated; Karim Wahid,

32, collecting metal, right leg amputated;

Saeed Majeed, 43, collecting metal,

multiple wounds ...: an extract from the

admission book of EMERGENCYs hospital

in Sulaimaniya became a postcard to be

sent to the Italian President Oscar Luigi

Scalfaro to ask for the prompt

discussion and approval of a bill

prohibiting Italy from producing, trading

and using landmines, as well as a

commitment in the international arena

for their total ban and the launch of

humanitarian initiatives of mine clearing

and aid to victims.More than a million postcards were

sent to the Quirinal Palace, the official

residence of the President of the Italian

Republic, in the summer of 1996.

In December of the same year the

international call for the ban on

landmines was also signed by ten

Nobel laureates: Rita Levi Montalcini,

Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Joseph Rotblat,

Elie Wiesel, Jean Dausset, Christian de

Duve, Frank Sherwood Rowlands, Steven

Weinberg, Kenneth J. Arrow, James M.

Buchanan. Finally, under the pressure

of an increasingly public awarness, the

Italian Parliament approved the Law n.

374 on October 29, 1997. This law forbids

- in Italy - the manufacture, storage,

sale, export and possession of mines,components, technologies and patents.

Moreover, the law forbids the economic

participation in foreign companies

dealing with mine production and trade.

On December 3, 1997 in Ottawa, Italy

signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban

Convention, which prohibits the use

of these weapons, mandates the

dismantlement of arsenals and makes

provisions for de-mining and victim

assistance an innovation in the

Italian regulations.

The Ottawa treaty came into force on

March 1, 1999, but many countries have

not yet signed it.

Among them there are China, Russia

and the United States of America.


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EMERGENCY - Activity Report 2012

Afghanistan

Uzbekistan China

Tajikistan

PakistanIran

Turkmenistan

Anabah

Kabul

Lashkar-gah

AFGHANISTAN

In over 40 years, war in Afghanistan has led to one

and a half million deaths, hundreds of thousands of

people wounded and mutilated, more than four million

refugees. The most recent war, begun in October 2001,

continues to wound, kill and destroy. And the groundstill contains the legacy of the previous wars: landmines

and unexploded devices continue to maim children and

adults, primarily civilians.

Since 1999, EMERGENCY has built and managed a

Surgical and Medical Centre and a Maternity Centre

in the Panjshir Valley, a Surgical Centre in Kabul, and

another one in Lashkar-gah (in Helmand province).

EMERGENCY also runs a medical assistance programme

for the inmates of the countrys largest prisons, and

has set up a network of 28 First Aid Posts and HealthCentres.

Afghanistan is part of EMERGENCYs Paediatrics and

Cardiac Surgery Programme. At EMERGENCY hospitals,

international cardiologists select the heart patients to

be operated at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in

Khartoum.

During 2012, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health

has funded about 20% of the total expenditure of the

programme.

Since 1999, EMERGENCY has treated 3,572,664

people in Afghanistan.


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Cambodia

Gulf of Thailand

ThailandLaos

VietnamPhnom Penh

Battambang

CAMBODIA

In 1998 EMERGENCY built a Surgical Centre

addressing the victims of war and landmines in

Battambang, one of the most heavily mined areas

of the country. Through the years, the hospital was

turned into a Surgical and Trauma Centre.

In the Samlot district, EMERGENCY opened five First

Aid Posts in order to provide emergency treatment

and basic healthcare in a heavily mined area with no

other healthcare facilities. Management of the FAPs

was definitively handed over to the local government

in 2009.

After 14 years, in February 2012, EMERGENCY decided

to handover the hospital to the Cambodian Ministry

of Health in consideration of the changed needs of the

population and the good level of autonomy acquired bythe local staff.

Since 1998, EMERGENCY has treated

392,060 people in Cambodia.


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Iraq

Baghdad

KuwaitSaudi Arabia

Sulaimaniya

Jordan

Syria

Turkey

Iran

IRAQ

The Iraqi Kurdistan is infested with millions of

landmines, many of which were manufactured

in Italy.

In order to bring assistance to landmine victims,in 1995 EMERGENCY restored and reactivated the

hospital of Choman, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan on the

Iranian border. In 1996 and 1998 EMERGENCY opened

two Surgical Centres for war victims in Sulaimaniya

and Erbil, two cities which were under the control

of opposing factions at the time. Both Centres were

expanded later on, to include specialized units for the

treatment of burn and spinal injuries.

EMERGENCY also opened 22 First Aid Posts to

guarantee prompt assistance to the injured and to

refer them to the hospitals when indicated.In 2005, EMERGENCY entrusted the local authorities

with the management and running of the two

Surgical Centres and of the network of First Aid Posts,

now integrated into the national health system.

In 1998, EMERGENCY opened a Rehabilitation and

Social Reintegration Centre in Sulaimaniya.

Since 1995, EMERGENCY has treated 390,735

people in Iraq.


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ItalyThe right to medical care is recognized by law in

Italy, and it is actually often denied to immigrants,

foreigners, poor people who do not have access to

treatment because of their scarce knowledge of

their rights, as well as the linguistic barriers and thedifficulty in finding their way within a complex health

system.

In a climate of widespread fear and growing racism,

migrants often do not turn to public facilities as they are

afraid of being reported to the police or the authorities.

For these reasons EMERGENCY began to work in

Italy, operating within prisons (2005-2007), treating

immigrants and situations of social distress.

In 2006 EMERGENCY opened an Outpatient Clinic

in Palermo, Sicily, to guarantee free healthcare tomigrants with or without residence permits and

to any person in need.

In December 2010 EMERGENCY opened a second

Outpatient Clinic in Marghera, near Venice.

Since 2011, two buses turned into mobile clinics have

brought assistance directly where it is needed.

In December 2012, EMERGENCY opened an information

point in Sassari, to help migrants and whoever in need

have access to medical care. Also because of the critical

economic situation, the number of people referring to

EMERGENCYs facilities has been constantly increasing

during 2012. For this reason, the Programme is going

to be expanded in 2013: EMERGENCY has started the

renovation works of two outpatient clinics in Naples

and in Polistena (province of Reggio Calabria). The new

facilities will be operational by spring 2013.

Mediterranean Sea

Ionian Sea

Adriatic Sea

Tyrrhenian Sea

Rome

Marghera

SwitzerlandAustria

Hungary

SloveniaCroazia

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Palermo

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Liberia

Guinea

Freetown

Goderich

SIERRA LEONE

Gulf of Guinea

Sierra LeoneIn 2001, EMERGENCY opened a Surgical Centre in

Goderich, on the outskirts of Freetown, the countrys

capital. The Centre provides free high quality treatment

in orthopaedics, trauma and emergency surgery.

In 2002, EMERGENCY opened a Paediatric Centre next

to the Surgical Centre in order to guarantee treatment to

children under 14.

The child mortality rate in Sierra Leone is one of the

highest in the world: malaria, malnutrition, respiratory

and gastrointestinal infections are the main causes of

death among children up to 5 years of age.

The international staff is also committed to training

local personnel: EMERGENCYs Surgical Centre has been

recognized as a training institution for anaesthetist

nurses by the Ministry of Health of Sierra Leone.In order to expand the Surgical Centre in Goderich

EMERGENCY has built a new surgical block, inaugurated

in 2012.

Last year the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has

financed the hospital with a contribution in the amount

of 15 % of the hospitals budget.

This hospital is also part of the Regional Programme

for Paediatrics and Cardiac Surgery: EMERGENCY

cardiologists regularly carry out screening sessions to

identify patients in need to be operated at the SalamCentre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, Sudan, and

subsequently perform all the necessary post-op checks.


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SudanIn 2004 EMERGENCY intervened in Sudan to support

the hospitals in Mellit and Al Fashir, in Northern

Darfur, by renovating and equipping the emergency

surgical block and ward.

In 2005 EMERGENCY opened a Paediatric Centre inMayo Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp, a few

kilometres from the capital Khartoum. The Centre

provides free of charge primary healthcare to children

up to 14 years of age.

In the same year, again nearby the capital,

EMERGENCY started to build a Centre for Cardiac

Surgery in order to provide highly specialized free

medical and surgical assistance to patients from

Sudan and its neighbouring countries.

The Salam Centre for cardiac surgery startedits activities in 2007. It is linked to a network of

Paediatric Centres where EMERGENCYs international

cardiologists carry out the screening and follow-up of

children and adult heart patients that are transferred

to Khartoum for surgery.

The staff of the Centre has operated patients from

25 countries.

In July 2010 EMERGENCY opened in Nyala, Darfur, its

second Paediatric Centre in the country. The activities

of the Centre have been suspended after the

kidnapping of a logistician of EMERGENCY, because ofthe lack of the essential security conditions.

A third Paediatric Centre was opened in Port Sudan,

Red Sea State, in December 2011.


people in Sudan.

Kenya

Khartoum

Ethiopia

Egypt

Libya

Chad

Central AfricanRepublic

SUDAN

South Sudan

Uganda

Eritrea

Nyala

DARFURMayo

Democratic

Repubblic of Congo

Port Sudan


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WORK WITH USEMERGENCY is recruiting medical staff for its hospitals in AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

SIERRA LEONE and SUDAN

For projects in AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

SIERRA LEONE and SUDAN we are recruiting:

- ANAESTHETISTS

- GYNAECOLOGISTS (FEMALE ONLY)

- MIDWIVES (FEMALE ONLY)

- ICU NURSES

- OPERATING THEATRE NURSES

- PAEDIATRIC AND NEONATAL NURSES

- WARD AND CRITICAL CARE NURSES- PAEDIATRICIANS AND NEONATOLOGISTS

- PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

- GENERAL, ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGEONS

- X-RAY TECHNICIANS

For the CARDIAC SURGERY Centre

in KHARTOUM, SUDAN, we are recruiting:

- CARDIAC ANAESTHETISTS

- CARDIOLOGISTS

- SPECIALISTS IN CATH LAB

- SPECIALISTS IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

- NURSES (OPERATING THEATRE, ICU,

CATH LAB AND CARDIAC SURGERY WARD)

- PERFUSIONISTS- PHYSICIANS (INTERNAL MEDICINE)

- CARDIAC SURGEONS

- BIOMEDICAL TECHNICIANS

- MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIANS

- X-RAY TECHNICIANS

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: relevant professional experience in hospital settings; ability to follow standardized clinical working procedures

and safety protocols as defined by EMERGENCY; ability to train local staff; well-disposed towards local cultures; minimum availability 3 up

to 6 months; good spoken and written English (or French for Central African Republic).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: monthly salary, travel expenses, board and lodging, full insurance cover for accidents and illness provided.

For any further information: [email protected]

TO APPLY: visitwww.emergency.itor send a detailed CV [email protected] which position you are applying for.

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To Support EMERGENCYDONATIONS

Donations in favor of EMERGENCYs projects can be made via:

Credit card, on-line (on secure server) at www.emergency.it (Euros)

Bank wire in favour of EMERGENCY - IBAN IT 41 V 05387 01600 000000713558 - BIC BPMOIT22XXXc/o Banca Popolare dellEmilia Romagna

Bank wire in favour of EMERGENCY - IBAN IT 02 X 05018 01600 000000130130 - BIC CCRTIT2T84Ac/o Banca Etica, filiale di Milano

Non-transferable bank check to the order of EMERGENCY, to be mailed to EMERGENCY,via Gerolamo Vida 11 - 20127 Milan, ITALY

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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

The acknowledgment of this principle

is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Paris, December 10, 1948, Article 1 and Preamble

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