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...
On Tuesday 4th August a devastating explosion at Beirut Port left over 300,000 homeless, 6,500 injured, 190 tragically dead and scores missing. Three days later, a group of UK Emergency Medical Team members travelled to Beirut to complete an initial assessment of the situation. ...
Last week team leader Dr Jerome Sess returned from Cambodia. The MOH and WHO were pleased with the support offered....
Meet Veronica Sanchez. She has been working with UK-Med in Rwanda since last June on Ebola preparedness. Now, in collaboration with WHO-EMT Secretariat, her treatment centre design for COVID-19 patients has been adopted by WHO to tackle the pandemic....
Brian Magowan is a Consultant Obstetrician based in Scotland, and he is the Co-Chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Guideline development committee....
Sophia Turner tells us of her motivations for joining UK-Med and the importance of child safeguarding training. Sophia got an honourable mention for her entry into Year of Nurse and Midwife Nursing in Focus Photography Competition ...
To mark the WHO year of the nurse and midwife, we’re hearing from new member Faith Atim about her reasons for becoming a midwife in the first place, and joining UK-Med as part of our Outbreak Response Register...
Every sector is needing to quickly adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19, including humanitarian response. As we lobby for a humanitarian corridor to allow our medical teams to provide support on the ground, we’ve also set up a remote technical support desk....