Founder of Emergency Gino Strada has died - General news - ANSAMed.it
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ROME - Gino Strada, the founder of medical-aid NGO Emergency, had died at the age of 73, sources close to his family said on Friday. A surgeon, Strada worked in many conflict zones for the Red Cross before founding Emergency with his late wife Teresa Sarti in 1994. Emergency as treated over 11 million people in 19 different countries since then. It currently operates in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Italy, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, and Yemen. "Defend mankind and its dignity always and everywhere - this is Gino Strada's most beautiful message and we must never forget it," Health Minister Roberto Speranza said via Twitter. European Parliament President David Sassoli hailed Strada as a "maestro of humanity".
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