Supporting Lesotho from across the world
7th October 2021
Today the team kicked off an eight-week programme of remote support for colleagues caring for patients with COVID-19 in Lesotho....
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Our work in Botswana has been extended
17th September 2021
A team of five doctors and nurses will remain in Botswana as part of our COVID-19 response for a further 28 days (until 9th October 2021)....
“Adjusting our mindset”: Leading a team through a changing landscape
11th March 2021
On January 26th, Orthopaedic Surgeon and UK-Med surgical lead Andy Kent led a team of 11 to Eswatini as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team response...
Battling misinformation: Vaccine education and awareness in Lebanon
10th March 2021
Alamia Annous is a UK-Med RCCE Advisor working as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s (UK EMT) response in Lebanon. Alamia is a teacher and has experience teaching vulnerable people...
Proning and patient positioning – a vital technique used to manage patients with COVID-19
9th March 2021
John Irvine is an ICU nurse and UK-Med register member from Boness, near Glasgow. John first deployed as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) in Lebanon in September 2020 for nearly two and a half months. Following a short break, he returned...
UK-Med’s work extended in Eswatini
1st March 2021
UK-Med is pleased to announce it will continue to work for a further four more weeks in Eswatini. Although numbers of COVID-19 cases are now low across the country, the extension will enable the team to continue to...
UK-Med deploys to Eswatini, Southern Africa
30th January 2021
UK-Med as part of the UK Medical Emergency Team deploys to Eswatini in Southern Africa to support health care teams fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Four British members of the international team fly from Heathrow today. ...
UK-Med’s Becky Platt awarded a British Empire Medal
28th January 2021
We’re proud to announce that UK-Med member Becky Platt received the Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) award in the 2021 New Year Honours for Services to Humanitarian Response...
“Things are changing so quickly,” on the COVID-19 frontline in Lebanon
28th January 2021
“Things are changing so quickly – we might receive one protocol, and the next day it has already changed!” Operations Co-ordinator Daniella Ritzau-Reid reports from Lebanon....
Training, toolkits and shared experiences in Armenia
26th January 2021
"The universal horror of patients suffering away from loved ones. The anguish is the same in Laos or London or Armenia." Dr Rebecca Inglis writes about her experience as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s coronavirus response in Armenia at the end of...