On 22nd of November 2018, Doctors Worldwide was invited to speak on a panel alongside other medical charities during Charity Week at Imperial College to discuss humanitarian aid from a medical charity perspective and our personal experiences. Our CEO Monowara Gani spoke at the event discussing the importance of sustainable health programmes that work in […]
We are excited to announce the return of our Postgraduate Fellowship (PGF) for Cohort B from November 2018 – March 2019. The Cohort B PGF training programme involves 108 hours of classroom sessions and 288 hours of clinical shadowing over a 14-week period. We have recruited a mixed (gender, ethnic, religious, age & experience) cohort […]
A Doctors Worldwide team headed out to Kigali, Rwanda in November 2018 to deliver Palliative Care Training as part of our project in the region. We are working with our local partner, Al Amal, to strengthen their capacity in dealing with incurable, non-communicative diseases and to scale up their existing operations. Running over 3 days, […]
Doctors Worldwide are delighted to announce that we have had our work published online in the Emergency Medical Journal. The article, written by Dr Mir Ahmed, Medical Training Director for our Bangladesh Post Graduate Fellowship and Dr Najeeb Rahman, one of our trustees, entitled: ‘Emergency response training and provision of emergency response kits to Rohingya […]
Congratulations to our PGF Participants! It is with immense excitement that we announce the completion of our first ever Postgraduate Fellowship (PGF) in Migrant and Refugee Health for 24 local Bangladeshi doctors in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Congratulations to all of the 24 participants who worked exceptionally hard and dedicated their time to improve their skills […]
In light of the Cohort A Postgraduate Fellowship (PGF) ending, DWW hosted a Learning and Evaluation Day to present our preliminary findings and progression of the fellowship. Since its inception, we have had over 40 volunteers (NHS doctors, public health practitioners, and researchers) assist with the content and structure of the PGF. In addition, we deployed […]
Following the devastating Earthquake and Tsunami on 28th September an emergency medical team from IMARET was deployed and has been working in conjunction with the Indonesian Red Crescent to provide emergency medical care to the survivors. An initial clinic base was set in Palu, with additional medical assessment teams treating the displaced survivors. A second […]
October 6th and 7th 2018 saw our Humanitarian Medical Aid course delivered at the Wellcome Collection in London. The course is now in its 12th year and was, as ever, a lively, thought-provoking and enjoyable weekend for both attendees and trainers. This course was developed by the Doctors Worldwide faculty, based on our own experiences […]
On the 12th of July 2018, Doctors Worldwide officially launched the Post Graduate Fellowship [PGF] on Refugee & Migrant Health in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. This 12-week training is being delivered to increase the capacity and skills of local Bangladeshi doctors working in the Rohingya Camps, particularly for those who have never practiced medicine within a […]
On the 30th June 2018, Doctors Worldwide carried out its pre-deployment training for the 11 medical volunteers who will be going out to Bangladesh over the next 12 weeks. The medics will be teaching the Doctors Worldwide Postgraduate Fellowship on Refugee & Migrant Health to over 65 Bangladeshi doctors that work in the Rohingya camps […]
