In July 2022, UK-Med and NHS Infectious Disease Doctor Stephen Owens travelled to Ukraine on a fact-finding mission to support the HIV/AIDS epidemic, sparked by the ongoing conflict....
On July 23 2022, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared the recent outbreak of the Monkeypox virus a ‘public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)’ via a virtual press conference....
UK-Med was delighted to be a part of Words For Your World award ceremony which celebrated the fantastic contributions of young people across the UK....
After severe shelling of a hospital in Eastern Ukraine compromised its ability to provide critical services, UK-Med has set up a field surgical unit to continue vital treatment near the frontline as the conflict intensifies....
Over the past two years, UK-Med has been undergoing the process to become verified as an EMT (emergency medical team) by the World Health Organization (WHO); a global ‘on-call’ system for responding to the increasing number of large disasters and war zones around the world....