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 (WHO Global Health Cluster Coordinator) speaks about humanitarian coordination and changing need at the annual UK EMT Members’ Meeting in November 2019....
“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 reported on the measles outbreak this morning. Their report included an interview with Stephen Owens, the clinical lead for the UK EMT....
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....