UK EMT in Angola: 5 questions answered about the cholera response
15th July 2025
Following the cholera outbreak in Angola from January 2025, UK-Med sent out a scoping team to map out the healthcare needs and ways to support....
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Global partnership to strengthen emergency response: UK Emergency Medical Team in Ethiopia
Continuous training and learning are vital parts of an Emergency Medical Team (EMT), and in June the UK-EMT partnered with their Ethiopian counterparts to conduct a two-day simulation exercise (SIMEX), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
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. ...
Civilians are starving, gunshot injuries are on the rise: 500,000 treated by UK-Med in Gaza
12th June 2025
UK-Med, the British frontline medical charity, is warning that Gaza’s healthcare system is broken beyond repair and the current situation is untenable. ...
Gaza Hospital Appeal: Keep the last hospitals in Gaza open
23rd May 2025
Accessing medical care in Gaza has always been a challenge, made worse by the onset of the current conflict. But now we are in dire straits. Of the 36 hospitals once functioning, 19 are left — all with limited capacity. Our two field hospitals are among...