One month ago today, two devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northwest Syria.

The UK immediately sent our International Search and Rescue and Emergency Medical Teams and urgent relief supplies such as tents and blankets.

Our assistance efforts have not stopped.

The UKEMT - the UK Government's Emergency Medical Team has set up a tent clinic near Gaziantep, next to a hospital damaged in the earthquake, and has started treating patients.
 
The UK Government-funded team, which includes NHS medics working alongside Turkish staff, will treat people who have suffered traumatic injuries.

A Emergency Medical Team of 11, funded by the UK government left Brize Norton for Turkey this afternoon.

Equipped with a field clinic, the team will provide urgent care to those who suffered injuries in the earthquake which has hit Turkey and Syria.

NEWS - UK Emergency Medical Team members deployed to provide #COVID19 support and training to health workers in Malawi: gov.uk/government/new…

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UK support for global health saves lives overseas and in the UK too.

Read more in our recently published report 'Global responders - a shot in the arm for the NHS' at: uk-med.org/nhs-report #GlobalResponders 3/3

We prepare teams of doctors, nurses & other health professionals for deployments abroad, as well as providing coordination & logistic support.

These specially trained health professionals save lives overseas and bring back so much experience & new skills to the NHS as well. 2/3

We are proud partners of the UKEMT - the UK Government's Emergency Medical Team, the UK government’s frontline medical response to international emergencies overseas.

Funding from Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has enabled us to deploy emergency medical teams to health crises around the world within 72 hours, from Armenia to Zambia. 1/3

NEWS: we're providing up to £1 million of initial support to Haiti to support their earthquake recovery.

We're also deploying:
➡️ RFA Wave Knight to support the humanitarian response
➡️ a team of medical experts from UKEMT - the UK Government's Emergency Medical Team UK Med and Humanity & Inclusion UK to provide medical assistance

Over the next 12 weeks, the team will be providing vital support for exhausted staff & help with the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients 🇹🇳.

Learn more about the response here: gov.uk/government/new…

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They'll be joined by the rest of the team next week to begin work at El Menzah Field Hospital; a stadium converted into a hospital last year.

#COVID19 infection rates in Tunisia remain very serious and the health crisis is exacerbating the economic crisis in the country. 2/3

News 🚨: Today, our team began arriving in Tunisia, where we'll be helping the country battle COVID-19.

Emilio, Sophia, Paul and Rocco travelled throughout the night from London, Beirut and Paris to arrive in Tunis this morning. 1/3

Today our UKEMT - the UK Government's Emergency Medical Team has deployed to Tunisia to support the country’s #COVID19 response.

The team of experts will provide specialist assistance to manage outbreaks of infection and help to save lives.

More here
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News - UK Emergency Medical Team deployed to help #Tunisia tackle #Covid19 crisis:
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UK-Med as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team sends a team of 11 medics and operational staff to Eswatini to support the country's #COVID19 response.

Four British members of the team fly from Heathrow today.

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News: UK Emergency Medical Team deployed to Eswatini to support coronavirus response

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News: UK Emergency Medical Team deployed to Eswatini to support coronavirus response

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Four members of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office-funded UK Emergency Medical Team have been deployed to Armenia today in response to a World Health Organization (WHO) request to help manage severe #COVID19 cases there.

They’re part of a small UK Med-led team who will spend 5 weeks providing training and advice.

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A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut.

The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion.

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'Dr El Khalil described this as the worst disaster his team has ever had to deal with”. Read how UK-Med and Humanity & Inclusion UK as part of the UKEMT - the UK Government's Emergency Medical Team in Beirut are finding out how the UK can best support the people of Lebanon. #UKaid cutt.ly/Fd0pJ1