The UK Emergency Medical Team is in Beirut at the request of the Lebanese Government after the massive explosion at Beirut Port which killed more than 200 people and left 6000 injured on August 4th....
Three years ago, a million Rohingya Muslims were forced by a military crackdown in Myanmar to flee their homes and cross the borders to neighbouring Bangladesh. In an area prone to cyclones and flooding, the Rohingya set up camp in Cox’s Bazar -now one of...
This year the world has seen a pandemic like no other in our lifetime. Aside from the number of lives a disease claims or forever alters, outbreaks of all kinds create unimaginable hardships and long-lasting impacts for any affected country – or in the case...
Risk Communication and Community Engagement is an essential element of any medical outbreak response. If a highly infectious disease such as COVID-19 is spreading rapidly amongst a community, it’s essential that people understand how to protect themselves and what they should do if they fall...
UK Med’s Health Advisor and ITC Coordinator in Bangladesh, Melanie Johnson reports on her work improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox’s Bazar....