In our effort to contribute to the building of a fair and inclusive world, we also intervene in emergency situations. In this sense, even in 2023, we have committed to support the general activities of Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), a non-governmental organization that provides healthcare assistance to populations affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural disasters.
On the night of February 6, 2023, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the border area between Turkey and Syria. A preliminary analysis by Doctors without Borders (MSF) in the days immediately after the earthquake showed that access to housing and decent sanitation was in short supply. Faced with this emergency, we helped MSF provide first aid and medical assistance during the early stages of the crisis.
The conflict that began on 24 February 2022 has destroyed infrastructure, caused large numbers of civilian casualties and forced thousands to flee to neighbouring countries in search of safety, protection and assistance. We have helped UNHCR to coordinate response to the crisis in conjunction with other UN agencies and national authorities.
Doctors without Borders (MSF) began working in Afghanistan in 1980. Despite political instability and conflict, their hospitals have never stopped operating. Over the years they have offered trauma care, mother and child healthcare, assistance to the displaced population and treatment for tuberculosis and malnutrition throughout the country.
In 2022, we helped Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Afghanistan respond to the humanitarian crisis that hit the country following the measles epidemic caused by a serious increase in child malnutrition.
Since 2021 we supported Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano in responding to the emergency crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano is a general hospital that can count on important excellence in various areas of care with a strong interdisciplinary approach. The Polyclinic is also the first public Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Care (IRCCS) in Italy for the quality and quantity of research produced in various fields of medicine.
In particular, the MACH (Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science) is a research centre dedicated to biomedical sciences and a centre of excellence for research and modern teaching on the topic of health in the world.
In 2020, among the many research and study initiatives related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ca ‘Granda Foundation launched a study aimed at understanding the clinical evolution of the infection, improving clinical practice in the management of the disease and identify therapeutic areas of vaccine prevention.
The three yearlong project was conducted by a multidisciplinary team. It involves the creation of a Big Data database containing population data from registries and surveillance of COVID-19 cases collected by hospitals with clinical data (clinical manifestation, diagnosis, immunological profile, treatment and outcome) and public health agencies with large-scale information on the population and the capacity of the health system (e.g., access, admissions, ICU bed availability). The final availability of a large number of information will represent a valuable resource for the international scientific community to study the progress and management of the epidemic, both nationally and internationally.
