UMass International Emergency Medicine

11/05/2019

This outbreak is getting far less media attention than it needs. Contact IRC or UMass IEM to learn how to get involved.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 1,074 people. In total 1,604 have been infected with the disease. International Rescue Committee (IRC) teams believe that the numbers are rising and the outbreak is not yet under control. Recent violence that has tar...

26/02/2019

Remember to protect yourself, and others, when working abroad!

"WHO officials estimate that in about one-fifth of these recent cases, the person contracted Ebola at health care facilities."

Responders are zeroing in on an important source of new infections in the towns of Katwa and Butembo.

27/09/2018

Strong work by our friends at UMass Family Medicine and Infectious Disease!

A new $1.5 million Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research grant from the National Academies of Sciences and USAID will support the work of Patricia McQuilkin, MD, and colleagues in Liberia to establish family medicine residency and infectious disease training and research for Liberian medic...

16/08/2018

From smallpox to polio and now to Zika, vaccines save lives across the globe.

Combination Zika-Dengue vaccine planned.

14/08/2018

UMass IEM is committed to improving the lives of those seeking refuge from conflict. From Koutsochero, Greece to Worcester, Mass

30/07/2018

UMass IEM remembers the life and impact of Prof Bongani Mayosi, Dean of Health Science at the University of Cape Town and a true lion of South Africa.

It is impossible to count the ways in which Professor Bongani Mayosi — cardiologist‚ researcher‚ and dean of the health sciences faculty at the University of Cape Town — was a role model.

28/07/2018

Emotion and risk perception in global public health - the dengue vaccine case study.

Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Trolleyology and the Dengue Vaccine Dilemma

14/07/2018

Great news from the Democratic Republic of Congo!

There has been significant progress, but there’s room for improvement.

13/07/2018

Are you considering an International Emergency Medicine career? Click here to learn more about IEM!

First and foremost, international emergency medicine (IEM) is a big tent. We’ve got clinicians with an interest in tropical medicine and trauma, systems experts, inventors, educators, missionary families, public health experts, thrill-seekers, and policymakers. A disaster response specialist who h...

25/05/2018

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10/05/2018

You think research is hard? Try tracking a million cases of cholera during the middle of a civil war. Hats off to Doctors without Borders for their unrelenting efforts to diagnose and treat the ill no matter where they live.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30230-4/fulltext

10/05/2018

UMass IEM Division Director Payal Modi on the ground in Uganda with UMass EM doc Christian Klaucke and GEC Global Health Fellow Alex Wang MD