As fighting intensifies, plastic surgeons James and Ahmed treat the victims of war in an emergency hospital in Western Ukraine....
Kenyan critical care doctor and UK-Med member Serah tells us of her experiences setting up a life-saving Intensive Care Unit for pregnant mums in Malawi, as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s (UK EMT) response to COVID-19. ...
Critical care nurse Christina was one of ten UK-Med members who flew to Papua New Guinea in October 2021 as part of an eight-week response on behalf of the UK Emergency Medical Team to help fight a second surge of COVID-19 cases across the country....
Barry, a retired headteacher, was a patient at Mt Hagen hospital in Papua New Guinea for nine weeks after he contracted COVID-19. Barry was known by many of the local health staff as he'd been their teacher at school, and he quickly developed a real...
The war in Yemen, we say it is the forgotten war. The world has forgotten us. Nobody is talking about Yemen. But people must know the suffering of those people in Yemen, so they can help. That is why I’m asking for your help. Please...
Alamia Annous is a UK-Med RCCE Advisor working as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s (UK EMT) response in Lebanon. Alamia is a teacher and has experience teaching vulnerable people...
Everyone at UK-Med was delighted to see reports last week that the last two measles patients, an 11-month-old and a one-year-old, were discharged from the main hospital in Apia....
“Experiencing the deaths of children from this preventable disease was really heartbreaking, but seeing the children I’d been caring for who had been so unwell, improve and be discharged home with their families was amazing.” Susanna Keiderling – Paediatric Nurse...
Our registered member, Martin Griffith answers questions on his deployment to South-Sudan....
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....