Life after Mpox: Combatting stigma and supporting reintegration
20th January 2026
In late 2025 Aminata, a young mother from Sierra Leone, was affected by Mpox, and it became clear that the illness affected more than her body....
Patient Stories
From Gaza to safety: Stories of hope
31st October 2025
In recent weeks, UK-Med staff and volunteers have accompanied critically ill and injured Palestinian children, along with their caregivers, on four medical evacuation flights from Gaza to the UK. ...
The last to leave: Ukrainians fleeing conflict
26th September 2025
UK-Med mobile medical units operate daily in frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, where healthcare facilities are either closed or destroyed....
Gaza | Mohammed and Kamar
4th September 2025
Mohammed was sitting with his family in Rafah when he was hit in the head by a bullet. Today, Mohammed and his son Kamar, are bonding over rehabilitation....
Gaza | Mona
15th August 2025
Mona was walking to the makeshift tent she now calls home when the explosion happened across the street. She was 35 weeks pregnant....
Gaza | Ahmad: The road to recovery
8th August 2025
12-year-old Ahmad was in a critical condition when he arrived at UK-Med’s type II field hospital in Al-Mawasi, Gaza. He had a severe leg injury, the result of a nearby airstrike. ...
Gaza | Rghad: The life-altering effects of the conflict
5th August 2025
Rghad’s legs lie motionless in her hospital bed, her mother, Linda, sits beside her, occasionally wiping the sweat from her daughter’s forehead. It is hot in the paediatric ward at UK-Med’s field hospital. It is hot in Gaza. ...
Gaza | Lina: “I heard them saying we’ll lose her, let’s hurry up.”
18th June 2025
English teacher, Lina, 26, was spending time at a café on the beach with her sister and cousin. All of a sudden, she felt a pulsating buzz in her ear followed by a burning sensation all over her body. She couldn’t open her eyes. ...
World Patient Safety Day in Ukraine
15th September 2023
As we approach World Patient Safety Day, we're putting patients in the spotlight by sharing Halyna’s story; a patient who was treated at one of UK-Med’s mobile clinics in Ukraine. World Patient Safety Day, observed annually, unites us in a global effort to raise awareness...
Saving mother’s lives in Malawi
21st January 2022
Kenyan critical care doctor and UK-Med member Serah tells us of her experiences setting up a life-saving Intensive Care Unit for pregnant mums in Malawi, as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s (UK EMT) response to COVID-19. ...