News - Doctors of the World

One year of Safe Surgeries!

What an incredible twelve months! One year after the launch of Safe Surgeries, over 220 GP practices across 28 cities and towns have joined the network. There are Safe Surgeries in 53 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) around the UK, stretching from Devon to Scotland, all taking a stand for inclusive and welcoming healthcare for everyone Read More

INGO statement on attacks in Dhamar that killed and injured scores of people

International non-governmental organisations working in Yemen strongly condemn a series of attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on a former community college that has lately been used as a detention facility in Dhamar city.

Response to the Ebola crisis in DRC

Medical professionals there have to work hard to contain the virus, and they face daily adversity due to the presence of armed groups, widespread violence, and in an environment of mistrust towards health workers.

The stick, do you remember that? On Calais, Dunkirk, and the Channel

Today, around 600 people live in informal camps in Calais, and around 800 in Dunkirk. On a daily basis, they are evicted from these makeshift settlements, the police take their tents and sometimes even remove personal objects such as food, medication, and phones.

Two Years On: Rohingya Deserve Justice, A Place at the Table

For the past two years, Rohingya refugees have remained dependent on humanitarian aid in the camps in Cox’sBazar. NGOs in Bangladesh and Myanmar committed to providing assistance, but call for critical action by all parties

Healthcare experts address inequalities in primary care access in London

Leading NHS and charity sector experts meet to discuss how to tackle inequalities in primary care access, in the context of a new report which sheds light on worrying GP registration policies that discriminate against some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

World Humanitarian Day 2019

For World Humanitarian Day, this year we celebrate the work of female humanitarians across the globe, amid the risks which they may face in serving others.

Joint Letter to the Home Secretary

Recent governments have seen scandal after scandal rooted in the failure of the immigration and asylum system to work effectively and fairly. Building a better one will not be easy, but it is more essential than ever.

“We are happy to register you” Practice Manager, Anwar Hussain

We thought, ‘Let’s go out to the community and ask people and get them to work together with us to achieve some of the things we want to do” Anwar Hussain is the Practice Manager at St Paul’s Way Medical Centre, a growing GP practice in Tower Hamlets.

Emergency: Ebola, a growing crisis in DRC

Doctors of the World is concerned about the spread of Ebola that is affecting a growing number of areas in DRC. Our team is working in Butembo and Katwa, in North Kivu, the main centres of contagion. The most recent data from the Ministry of Health shows the escalation of Ebola cases in DRC.

Volunteer Week Messages

During Volunteer Week, in June 2019, we asked some of our supporters to share a message for our volunteers. Here are some of them.