International medical activists celebrate Universal Health Coverage Day
Today and tomorrow, international activists and advocates will gather in London to share ideas and opportunities in the fight for better healthcare access.
With funding from the EUAID Volunteers initiative, Doctors of the World UK have organised the conference to mark Universal Health Coverage Day and bring together medical and civil society professionals to share ideas for healthcare advocacy.
The event will explore the challenges and solutions to equitable healthcare for everyone, regardless of their immigration status, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. It will have and skills and learning f...
Source: Doctors of the World News - December 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martina Villa Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news
UK ’s human rights regulator calls for “clear separation” between immigration policies and healthcare
Drawing on research coproduced with Doctor of the World and Imperial College London, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) called on the Government to stop sharing NHS patient data with the Home Office and to end the policy of charging refused asylum seekers exorbitantly high costs to access healthcare in England. The regulator argued that a separation between healthcare and immigration enforcement was needed in order to uphold the UK’s human rights obligations.
Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said:
“People seeking and refused asylum are likely to have...
Source: Doctors of the World News - November 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: dotw.admin Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news
Doctors of the World has been chosen by The BMJ for its Christmas appeal
The British Medical Journal is supporting the life saving work of volunteer doctors who help the most vulnerable patients wherever they are; from Bangladesh to Bethnal Green, from Yemen to the Ukraine and much more.
Your donation to the BMJ Christmas Appeal could feed families in Yemen, or help pregnant women give safe births in the UK, or Syrian refugees with mental health services in Jordan. Making sure nobody suffers or dies because they can’t access health care.
Thank you
Why are we raising funds?
We believe that nobody should suffer or die because they can’t access healthcare. Yes, many people, at home and a...
Source: Doctors of the World News - November 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: dotw.admin Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news
Day One #SafeBirths – Bettina
The Women and Children’s Clinic – A Midwife’s Perspective
Bettina is a volunteer midwife at the Women and Children’s Clinic in our London Clinic. She is a qualified midwife and has been with Doctors of the World for a number of years.
As a midwife the fact that the simplest definition of the word is to be “with woman” means a lot to me. It was a key factor in my decision to choose midwifery as a career and to this day prospective midwifery students will probably not get a training place unless they mention “women-centered care” a couple of times during their interview.
I started ...
Source: Doctors of the World News - November 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: dotw.admin Tags: Uncategorised #SafeBirths Source Type: news
