Trauma care and trauma-related disability is one of the most critical issues facing Afghanistan, and the already overstretched public health system cannot tackle the problem alone.
Much of the trauma care in the country’s capital city, Kabul, is provided by the Italian NGO Emergency, which provides specialized trauma care that is unavailable in standard government facilities.
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这一组织在该国的工作已经持续了近二十年，治疗了逾五百万名患者，其工作得到了卫生部认可。
Emergency has worked in the country for nearly two decades and has treated over five million patients, and its work has been recognized by the Ministry of Health.
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该组织设在喀布尔的战争受害者外科中心既服务于当地居民，又欢迎偏远地区的病人前来治病。
Emergency’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul treats both the local population and welcomes incoming patients from remote areas.
In 2017, at the request of WHO and in collaboration with the district and provincial Health Directorates, Emergency trained 497 doctors and nurses from the provinces in pre-hospital trauma and mass casualty management.
Emergency, which is a member of the Health Cluster, funds its international staff and operations through private donations, with additional funding from WHO, the Common Humanitarian Fund, and the European Commission.