It’s been a long winter. For those in the health service, you’ve been working flat out. Thank you so much for everything you’re doing to care for us all. For others, you may be juggling home schooling and working from home...
“Things are changing so quickly – we might receive one protocol, and the next day it has already changed!” Operations Co-ordinator Daniella Ritzau-Reid reports from Lebanon....
"The universal horror of patients suffering away from loved ones. The anguish is the same in Laos or London or Armenia." Dr Rebecca Inglis writes about her experience as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s coronavirus response in Armenia at the end of...
A UK-Med team including nurses, doctors and humanitarian health specialists is currently in Armenia, supporting the country’s response to COVID-19. We’re working there as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT), which is funded by UK Aid. Our work includes on-the-job support to help...
UK-Med was delighted to be invited to the online launch of the three-year Integrated Hospital Disaster Preparedness project in Myanmar. We’re working on the project in collaboration with Humanity & Inclusion (HI), the Ministry of Health and many stakeholders across Myanmar....
The UK Emergency Medical Team is in Beirut at the request of the Lebanese Government after the massive explosion at Beirut Port which killed more than 200 people and left 6000 injured on August 4th....
Three years ago, a million Rohingya Muslims were forced by a military crackdown in Myanmar to flee their homes and cross the borders to neighbouring Bangladesh. In an area prone to cyclones and flooding, the Rohingya set up camp in Cox’s Bazar -now one of...
This year the world has seen a pandemic like no other in our lifetime. Aside from the number of lives a disease claims or forever alters, outbreaks of all kinds create unimaginable hardships and long-lasting impacts for any affected country – or in the case...
Risk Communication and Community Engagement is an essential element of any medical outbreak response. If a highly infectious disease such as COVID-19 is spreading rapidly amongst a community, it’s essential that people understand how to protect themselves and what they should do if they fall...
The path to becoming a deployable UK-Med register member is changing. At UK-Med we have used this year's disruption in face-to-face events to carry out a comprehensive training review. We're keen to share this with you now as we roll out new and updated materials...