A UK-Med team including nurses, doctors and humanitarian health specialists is currently in Armenia, supporting the country’s response to COVID-19. We’re working there as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT), which is funded by UK Aid. Our work includes on-the-job support to help...
Three years ago, a million Rohingya Muslims were forced by a military crackdown in Myanmar to flee their homes and cross the borders to neighbouring Bangladesh. In an area prone to cyclones and flooding, the Rohingya set up camp in Cox’s Bazar -now one of...
This year the world has seen a pandemic like no other in our lifetime. Aside from the number of lives a disease claims or forever alters, outbreaks of all kinds create unimaginable hardships and long-lasting impacts for any affected country – or in the case...
The path to becoming a deployable UK-Med register member is changing. At UK-Med we have used this year's disruption in face-to-face events to carry out a comprehensive training review. We're keen to share this with you now as we roll out new and updated materials...
Myanmar has the highest risk of disaster in the Asia-Pacific region, regularly experiencing severe natural disasters including cyclones, floods and droughts. Poverty, poor infrastructure, and ongoing conflict compounded by a difficult democratic transition following decades of military rule places further strain on an already fragile...
Today, is World Humanitarian Day. It is a day when we pay special tribute to the real-life heroes who have committed their lives to helping others in the most extreme circumstances throughout the world....
Geitaoui Hospital’s Medical Director, Dr El Khalil described how medical staff carried patients out of destroyed wards in their arms in complete darkness, down six flights of stairs, as the electrical power had been blown out. ...
On Tuesday evening at 6pm a warehouse at the Beirut Port, Lebanon, containing large quantities of ammonium nitrate exploded. After an initial explosion, a subsequent blast caused widespread damage, with reports of damage more than 20 kilometers from the port area. Tragically, over 157 people...
In May 2020 UK-Med became one of the few NGOs in the UK, licensed to procure, store, export and supply medicines to patients overseas – enabling a faster response to more medical emergencies where-ever they may be....
The UK-Med team has grown significantly over the past year and we are so lucky to have so many new faces join us. All our staff bring with them a wealth of experience, new skills and a hard-working ethos needed to carry our out vital...