Understanding how we improve medical documentation in disasters
1st October 2019
UK-Med and the UK-EMT were a focal point in a new piece of research written by Anisa Jafar published in Third World Quarterly journal....
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Key insights from the UK-Med Member Survey 2019
1st October 2019
In May we invited all members of our Community of Practice to respond to our member survey. ...
Member voices: David Adams reflects on outbreak response training
30th September 2019
David Adams, an experienced aid worker from Northern Ireland, reflects on the recent outbreak response training – where he joined the team as comms lead....
Martin Griffiths on training in South Sudan
27th September 2019
Our registered member, Martin Griffith answers questions on his deployment to South-Sudan....
Member Voices: Rod Kelly
15th August 2019
Paediatrician, Neonatal Transport Fellow and UK-Med member Rod Kelly shares the time he spent with UK-Med at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone and treating diphtheria in Bangladesh....
Member Voices: Sheila Mair
13th August 2019
This month, with World Humanitarian Day marked on 19th August, we’re celebrating our members and the teams they work alongside all over the world. “It has been interesting to find that although I am not working under emergency conditions, some of the knowledge I gained through...
Member Voices: Stephanie Chadwick
12th August 2019
Paediatric nurse and UK-Med member Stephanie Chadwick shares her experience of working as part of the UK-Med team supporting the UK Emergency Medical Team response to an outbreak of diphtheria spreading through Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, part of UK aid’s wider response to the...
UK-Med team return from Rwanda
9th August 2019
Read an update from Benjamin Black, who was part of a small UK-Med team that has recently returned from Rwanda following a trip to support preparedness efforts....
Member Voices: Debbie Hawker
9th August 2019
Paediatric nurse and UK-Med member Stephanie Chadwick shares her experience of working as part of the UK-Med team supporting the UK Emergency Medical Team response to an outbreak of diphtheria spreading through Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, part of UK aid’s wider response to the...
Member Voices: Liz Wennington
8th August 2019
Liz Wennington, Emergency Nurse Practitioner and UK-Med member shares her experiences of her capacity building trip to Myanmar with UK-Med supporting the UK Emergency Medical Team....