GECCo on tour
The individuals who are involved in GECCo partake in a wide range of global health work. Here we showcase just some of the work that has resulted from people coming together via the Global Emergency Care Collaborative.
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Humanitarian Careers Fair
Written by Naomi Richardson Back in February, GECCo had the pleasure of being invited to the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Careers Fair at the University of Manchester. This event brought together local and international humanitarian and human rights organisations to speak with students about life in these sectors and how they could get…
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Global health map – connecting UK emergency care practitioners
Everyone loves a happy ending, right? Well here’s one for you – perhaps really more of a beginning anyway! Remember we updated you last year about project in collaboration with RCEM to map global health engagement amongst emergency care practitioners in the UK which made its way into the European Journal of Emergency Medicine? Well, a mere 2 and…
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GECCo in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine
You might remember back in 2021 when a team connected via GECCo launched a project in collaboration with RCEM to map global health engagement amongst emergency care practitioners in the UK. Since then, lots of work has been going on: a qualitative study is nearing completion and has been presented around the world and the map itself…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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GECCo’s story for EMJ podcast
Marie Broydé, James Chan & Anisa Jafar talk about GECCo’s evolution and purpose.