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By seemingly interminable war. Here, there are always casualties. In the hospitals, they fight their own daily battle against injury and disease, armed with the most basic facilities. On the outskirts of the capital, kabul, lies a refugee camp for around 1000 afghan families displaced by war and poverty. Today, they have a visitor, a man who knows how it is to live in the most basic of conditions. It is very sad to see this. It brings all my memories back. In his kitchen in chester, dr waheed ar...

Delivering community protection means putting people and communities that are affected by an emergency at the centre of decisions and actions aimed at protecting their health and well-being. Join us on 7 May 2024, to discuss progress, gaps, and priorities for action. Opening remarks by Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme and Deputy Director-General

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The war in Gaza has brought back a flood of memories for A&E consultant Dr Waheed Arian, who as a 12-year-old child had to flee rocket attacks on the streets of Kabul. Here, he tells Peter Stanford how his refugee journey took him across the mountains to Pakistan then to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and how he’s dedicated his life to helping innocent victims caught up in today’s conflicts

Waheed Arian’s life has been shaped by the kindness and compassion of strangers. Now a successful doctor, he arrived in the UK as a 15-yea...

When Waheed Arian arrived in London as a child refugee he jumped at the noise of the Tube because it sounded like the rockets that had rained down on his home in Afghanistan. He would see buses morph into tanks, wake from nightmares where a sniper had taken his head off, and people asked why his fis

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