UK-Med proud to support the NHS
8th April 2020
UK-Med joins the team leading the build of Nightingale North West...
Outbreak Response
“We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.”
12th March 2020
That was the message from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General. In a media briefing yesterday, the WHO Director-General’s stated the COVID19 outbreak had been characterized a pandemic....
UK-Med supporting response to COVID-19 outbreak
10th March 2020
UK-Med is supporting the UK Emergency Medical Team response to the COVID-19 outbreak, as announced earlier today as part of a broader announcement of the UK’s response to the outbreak. ...
Member Voices: From the Field in Samoa
17th February 2020
From 1-28 December 2019, UK-Med deployed a team of 29 clinicians to Apia, Samoa to support existing national and international efforts to control the measles outbreak....
The last measles in-patient in Samoa comes home
29th January 2020
Everyone at UK-Med was delighted to see reports last week that the last two measles patients, an 11-month-old and a one-year-old, were discharged from the main hospital in Apia....
Linda Doull on Humanitarian Coordination and Changing Need
9th January 2020
Linda Doull (WHO Global Health Cluster Coordinator) speaks about humanitarian coordination and changing need at the annual UK EMT Members’ Meeting in November 2019....
Reflecting on the Samoa response
9th January 2020
“Experiencing the deaths of children from this preventable disease was really heartbreaking, but seeing the children I’d been caring for who had been so unwell, improve and be discharged home with their families was amazing.” Susanna Keiderling – Paediatric Nurse...
BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme Reports on Samoa Measles Outbreak
5th December 2019
BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme reported on the measles outbreak this morning. Their report included an interview with Stephen Owens, the clinical lead for the UK EMT....
UK-Med team return from Rwanda
9th August 2019
Read an update from Benjamin Black, who was part of a small UK-Med team that has recently returned from Rwanda following a trip to support preparedness efforts....
Outbreak response
11th July 2019
When an outbreak flares, the more rapid the response, the better the outcome....