RCEM’s Bream’s Buildings was the host venue for the 7th February GEM strategy day. It had been some time since the RCEM GEM committee has been able to meet in person and it was a great moment to take stock of the myriad of global health activity that RCEM is supporting and developing. GECCo’s Richard Lowsby, a long-standing member of the GEM committee … Read More
Adventure Medic Blog on our 2022 event Weaving Global Health into the ED
Adventure Medic attended our June 2022 event. You can read more about Adventure medics’ experience at our event Weaving Global Health into the ED: Partner, Mentors and Fellowships in June 2022 on their Blog. You can also learn more about adventure medic on their website. Thank you so much to Adventure medic for Featuring us! You can also learn more … Read More
GECCo members involved in the RCEM – Global Emergency Medicine Day
On 8th September the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) hosted an online event: “Global Emergency Medicine Day – Innovation, Partnerships and Opportunity”. An excellent programme was put together by Richard Lowsby, one of the founding members of GECCo and who has served for several years on the RCEM Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) committee. Lots of other familiar GECCo faces … Read More
Using the GEMLR as a proxy for emergency care engagement in global health
A team brought together through GECCo (including Gaby Prager, Jack Ingham, Pete Jones, Hattie Kennedy, Claire Bromley, Haarith Ndiaye and Anisa Jafar) have been working on a project together since early 2021. This project explores whether the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review or GEMLR can be used to tell us more about the kind of work those in emergency care … Read More
Global health in UK emergency medicine mapping project – September 2021 launch
The idea of mapping global health (GH) engagement in emergency medicine (EM) is one which has sprung from different corners but with the same aim: to connect and inform the wider EM community about and to the GH work of others. In time this will build capacity, improve quality and sustainability of projects and ultimately embed GH as the core … Read More
Global EM career highlights for EMTA
Olivia Corn & Zosia Bredow bring together global health career journeys for the Emergency Medicine Trainee’s Association conference 2020.
Health Improvement Project Zanzibar
Written by Dr Nikki Biggs, consultant in emergency medicine & HIPZ trustee (IG @zanzibar_hipz) Edited by Anisa Jafar & Zosia Bredow Zanzibar is an archipelago within the United Republic of Tanzania. Whilst its reputation as a luxury holiday destination is renowned, and it does fare better than the mainland in several health indicators, there remains a very long way to … Read More
Invitation for articles
Following feedback from our latest event, we heard from you that the website is one area you’d like to see developed. GECCo would like to invite you to suggest blog articles for our website. Currently we would like to hear about two themes: Tell us about anything/anyone you have become connected with following engagement with GECCo and how that has … Read More
GECCo’s story for EMJ podcast
Marie Broydé, James Chan & Anisa Jafar talk about GECCo’s evolution and purpose.
COVID-19 and global health: a snapshot for Emergency Medicine for St. Emlyn’s
Invited by St. Emlyn’s, Anisa Jafar and James Chan provide a snapshot of the current situation as well as future challenges posed by COVID-19 for global health. Read more here.