When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February of this year, neighboring Kharkiv - just 40 kilometers miles from the border - was one of the first regions to be occupied. Â ...
The wounds of war are not just physical. Nearly ten months of conflict have had a devastating toll on the mental health of the Ukrainian people....
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...
We are excited to share that Freda Newlands, an emergency doctor and UK-Med member since 2016, has won Best Doctor at this year’s Who Cares Wins Awards! The Who Cares Wins Awards celebrate heroes in the NHS who go above and beyond to support...
In August 2022, our team travelled to Kabul to provide Trauma and Emergency training for frontline health staff responders in Afghanistan....
UK-Med's founder and Chair of the Board, Professor Tony Redmond OBE, is on his way to Ukraine where he’ll be visiting our extensive programming over the next two weeks....
The war in Ukraine has disrupted access to healthcare for millions of people. Our health clinics have been operating in some of the most affected areas to ensure everyone gets the treatment they need, when they need it....
This World Humanitarian Day, we’re celebrating some of the behind-the-scenes folk who make our deployments possible....
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....