Doctors Worldwide UK was kindly asked to support a disasters preparedness event at RCGP hosted by the North and West London faculty. The event was aimed at helping GPs understand the medical response to disasters like Grenfell, celebrate those that acted, and how to respond should an emergency take place on their doorstep. The workshop […]
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The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute [HCRI] Event
Dr Ibrar Majid, Orthopaedic Surgeon and chair of Doctors Worldwide UK as well as Dr Shazaad Ahmed, trustee of Doctors Worldwide UK attended the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute event on the 16th April to talk about their journey into medical humanitarian work and global health. Visit our facebook page to see the live recorded […]
A Project Update, Thanks and Personal Account from Dr Mohammed Rahman, Doctors Worldwide Volunteer and Pilot Project Coordinator.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Project Update, Thanks and Personal Account from Dr Mohammed Rahman, Doctors Worldwide Volunteer and Pilot Project Coordinator. I travelled to Bangladesh in February 2018 to co-ordinate a new Doctors Worldwide project – the Postgraduate Fellowship in Migrant and Refugee Health. This six-month project will look at the feasibility of using UK-trained doctors to […]
Personal Account from Dr Mohammed Rahman
A Project Update, Thanks and Personal Account from Dr Mohammed Rahman, Doctors Worldwide Volunteer and Pilot Project Coordinator. I travelled to Bangladesh in February 2018 to co-ordinate a new Doctors Worldwide project – the Postgraduate Fellowship in Migrant and Refugee Health. This six-month project will look at the feasibility of using UK-trained doctors to deliver […]
Postgraduate Fellowship Training on Emergency Medicine in Refugee & Migrant Settings
While there has been a growing recognition for international health workers to be better trained in responding to humanitarian emergencies, few have focused on the local need to strengthen medical education in a migrant and refugee camp setting in low-middle income countries. In December 2017 in consideration of this, Doctors Worldwide UK started the process […]
Assessment of Clinics in Mangochi, Malawi & Identifying Needs
In Feb 2018, Doctors Worldwide UK carried out an assessment of our local Malawi partners (Madinah Social Services) health clinics in Mangochi. The purpose of this assessment was to identify any critical gaps in care and think about how we as Doctors Worldwide UK can address these gaps to improve patient safety and have a […]
Rohingya Refugee Crisis – February Update
Human resources are an essential component of every healthcare system in the world. The World Health Organisation states that ‘Developing capable, motivated and supported health workers is essential for overcoming bottlenecks to achieve national and global health goals.’1 Over eighteen years of delivering humanitarian projects across Europe, Asia and Africa, we have witnessed […]
Doctors Worldwide Training Course 2017 – An Introduction to Humanitarian Work
Doctors Worldwide Training Course 2017 – An Introduction to Humanitarian Work Written by Sonya Ahmed How do you store clean drinking water for an entire town devastated by a tsunami? What are the priorities in setting up a maternal health project in an area where women give birth at home? Would you work with local militia to deliver […]
Rohingya Refugee Crisis – Our Response
We’ve been involved in responding to the current Rohingya Refugee Crisis from its outset in Aug 2017..
Doctors Worldwide UK Training Course 2017
Doctors Worldwide UK held its two-day annual training course at the Wellcome Trust in London, in October. Running in its eleventh year, the course has been updated every year and has been expanded from the original one-day course held in Birmingham in 2006. Thirty-four participants, from a diverse range of healthcare backgrounds, attended this year’s […]