Critical care nurse Christina was one of ten UK-Med members who flew to Papua New Guinea in October 2021 as part of an eight-week response on behalf of the UK Emergency Medical Team to help fight a second surge of COVID-19 cases across the country....
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....
“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...
Our registered member, Martin Griffith answers questions on his deployment to South-Sudan....
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....
On the 14th and 15th of March 2019, Mozambique was hit by a deadly, category 2 storm. Cyclone IDAI devastated the provinces of Sofala, Inhambane, Zambezia, and Manica, disrupting thousands of lives. A state of emergency was declared by the president on the 19th March...
South Sudan has experienced ongoing internal conflict since independence in 2011. ...
Update from our CEO David Wightwick (pictured centre), who is currently in Beira Mozambique In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, myself and Rachel Fletcher have joined a DFID team supporting the health response in Mozambique. I am working currently with WHO in Beira and others on...