Our medics do incredible things, and our work is only made possible thanks to them. Our register is made up of more than 1000 NHS and international doctors, nurses, paramedics, logisticians and other professionals ready to respond to emergencies around the world, from Ukraine to...
This week, UK-Med’s Health Director Ram and Emergency Nurse Sophia have been working in Kabul, Afghanistan, to support the country’s COVID-19 response. Ram reports...
This week, a team of nine medics and healthcare professionals are fly to the Solomon Islands to support the country’s COVID-19 response. ...
Dr Petronia explains the importance of Risk Communications and Community Engagement with Diana, the challenges she and her colleagues face, and what the future holds for RCCE in the country....
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...
UK-Med’s John Irvine has been featured by a number of publications, including the Scottish Herald and Edinburgh Live! Read an edited version of the press release ...
A team of medics from UK-Med are travelling to Papua New Guinea in the Pacific on behalf of the UK’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT) to support health services under severe pressure, with many of the country’s doctors and nurses exhausted or becoming infected and unable...
A team of ten medical and logistics specialists have been sent to Malawi to support the Malawian Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 response as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT)....