Supporting Lesotho from across the world
7th October 2021
Today the team kicked off an eight-week programme of remote support for colleagues caring for patients with COVID-19 in Lesotho....
Author: Sophie
Our work in Botswana has been extended
17th September 2021
A team of five doctors and nurses will remain in Botswana as part of our COVID-19 response for a further 28 days (until 9th October 2021)....
Frontline: How to Save Lives in War, Disaster and Disease by Tony Redmond published this week
How are life-or-death choices made in the heat of the moment? What are the consequences of your action, or inaction? Is it better at times to do nothing? How do you live with yourself if you want to help, but can't? These are the questions...
UK-Med launches new five-year strategy
10th September 2021
We developed our 2021-26 strategy over the past year with input and insight from staff, members and supporters. Over the next five years, we are aiming to provide healthcare for 20,000 people across the world, and train 50,000 staff to be prepared for emergencies. And as...
Update following our urgent needs assessment in Haiti
27th August 2021
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a team of four health experts were sent to the country to carry out an urgent needs assessment at the request of the Government of Haiti on behalf of the UK Government’s Emergency Medical Team....
UK-Med’s Dr. Paul Ransom talks to BBC Radio 4 about the team’s work in Haiti
20th August 2021
Paul Ransom, Medical Coordinator for the assessment team on the ground in Haiti, spoke to BBC Radio 4 this morning on the current situation and the work that the team are carrying out....
Haiti is “on its knees” – our assessment team is on the ground following its devastating earthquake
19th August 2021
On Saturday 14th August, a major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti; causing severe damage to infrastructure, including hospitals, at the Northern coast of the Southern peninsula of the country....
The Climate Emergency: World Humanitarian Day 2021
19th August 2021
Every year, the lives and livelihoods of millions of people are destroyed by disasters - both caused and made worse by the climate emergency. That number is growing....
New partnership between Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and UK-Med
5th August 2021
We are excited to announce the formalisation of our partnership with the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)....
“The death toll has more than tripled. Staff are exhausted.”
4th August 2021
This week, UK-Med sent an international team of medics from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) to Namibia and Botswana, where they’ll be providing essential front-line response support and expertise in hospitals that are battling the coronavirus pandemic. ...