Update from UK EMT teams in Cambodia and Ghana
16th April 2020
Last week team leader Dr Jerome Sess returned from Cambodia. The MOH and WHO were pleased with the support offered....
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David Anderson on secondment to the NHS Nightingale North West
15th April 2020
Our Humanitarian Health Advisor David Anderson has been seconded to the NHS Nightingale North West as the Director of Quality and IPC...
Member Voices: Veronica Sanchez, Architect
15th April 2020
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....
Pregnant women, women in labour, newborns and children form around 75% of those affected by humanitarian crises globally
15th April 2020
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....
Member Voices: Sophia Turner, Nurse
15th April 2020
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 ...