A week in Ukraine: Holly’s diary
Holly Smith, Director of Fundraising at UK-Med, who normally lives and works in the UK. While visiting our programme in Ukraine, she recorded a diary over a week. This is what she witnessed....
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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Global solidarity with our national healthcare workers
19th August 2025
This year’s World Humanitarian Day feels ever more urgent, with protracted conflict and a fragile climate impacting millions of people globally. The theme is ‘Strengthening Global Solidarity and Empowering Local Communities’. ...
Global partnership to strengthen emergency response: UK Emergency Medical Team in Ethiopia
Continuous training and learning are vital parts of an Emergency Medical Team (EMT), and in June the UK-EMT partnered with their Ethiopian counterparts to conduct a two-day simulation exercise (SIMEX), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
International Nurses Day 2025: An ‘Angel’ in Ukraine
12th May 2025
As we celebrate International Nurses Day 2025, we reflect on the past year and how global challenges highlight the importance of nursing within our teams....
World Health Day 2025: “Pregnancy is already stressful but imagine being pregnant in a warzone”
7th April 2025
This World Health Day we are taking the opportunity to shine a light on the incredible work of the UK-Med maternal health department in Gaza....
UK-Med and CADUS: Joint statement on the medical assessment in Syria
UK-Med and CADUS medical assessment team spent the past fortnight travelling across Syria to visit health authorities, facilities and HCWs to understand how support could be provided to address existing gaps in quality medical care to the people of Syria....
World Water Day 2025: How Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) shapes our humanitarian response
21st March 2025
This year, we hear from UK-Med’s WASH Advisor, Joana Batista, about her team’s essential work in Gaza. Despite many challenges, they successfully implemented one of the few WASH systems providing clean water to thousands of people in just two weeks. ...
International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating the women of UK-Med on the frontlines of humanitarian action
7th March 2025
As we celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March, we spotlight some of the incredible women who make UK-Med the impactful organisation that delivers life-saving quality healthcare to those in crises....
Marking three years since the full-scale invasion in Ukraine: “You can’t live without love”
Miles upon miles of snow-covered fields stretched out in front of us with checkpoints punctuating the way, the road becoming sparser as we drew closer to the frontline. Our mobile medical units (MMUs) range from 30 to 120km from Zaporizhzhia....
UK-Med team members receive first Humanitarian Medals from the King
18th February 2025
14 frontline medical responders, including NHS-trained medics who have delivered life-saving care in Gaza, will be among the first to receive the nation’s new Humanitarian Medal conferred by His Majesty the King at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 18 February....