ICEM 2023

The International Federation of Emergency Medicine has held it’s annual conference, ICEM, in Amsterdam this year and what a conference it has been for GECCo-spotting. Not one but two of our upcoming Edinburgh event workshop leads, Taj Hassan and Colin Macalindin were to be found  – Colin presenting his work evaluating the Bristol-Nanyuki global health fellowship.  Leeds-based Taj of course has been supporting GECCo for some time, and was … Read More

Climate change and global health

Written by Dr Angharad Spencer-Matewere, EM consultant at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Edited by Anisa Jafar Climate change might not be the first topic that comes to mind when thinking of global health.   However, looking no further than the 2022 floods in Pakistan, the devastating 2023 cyclone that hit Malawi and ongoing drought in East Africa demonstrates just three of thousands of examples of the disproportionate … Read More

Adult Emergency Care Project – Sierra Leone

Written by Dr Zosia Bredow Edited by Anisa Jafar & Gabrielle Prager Dr Zosia Bredow Sierra Leone has some of the worst health outcomes in the world. It is 181 out of 189 countries on the UN’s Human Development Index, and life expectancy at birth in 2021 was 60.1 years (global: 71.4 years).1 Many people in Sierra Leone die prematurely from preventable … Read More

RCEM Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) strategy day

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

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