FRRHH News

As part of World Humanitarian Day 2022, we asked some of our Members, Executive Committee Members, Faculty Advisory Board Members and key stakeholders to share how they got started in humanitarian healthcare.

Starting a career within humanitarian healthcare can be overwhelming and even the most experienced practitioners can feel intimidated when stepping into a humanitarian crisis setting. As part of our World Humanitarian Day series, we reached out to our Executive Committee and Faculty Advisory Board, asking them for advice for those interested in working in humanitarian healthcare.

Supporting humanitarian healthcare professionals is an integral part of our work as the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH). To celebrate World Humanitarian Day 2022, we wish to spotlight the wide range of healthcare professionals who contribute to equitable access to healthcare worldwide. World Humanitarian Day is a campaign led by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

We have returned from the beautiful central Scottish Highlands full of inspiration and a renewed dedication to supporting the development of remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare professionals. Rethinking Remote 2022 was a resounding success and we are already looking forward to the next conference in 2024.

In this article we welcome our newest Organisation Member, the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). UCLAN’s National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine, has recently published an excellent piece of research highlighting the scale of healthcare inequalities in rural communities.