Disaster Relief
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria are which are used to trigger the deployment of the UK Emergency Medical Team to a humanitarian crisis overseas.
This question was answered on 9th July 2018
After a humanitarian disaster, the affected government will send a request to the World Health Organisation (WHO) who, in turn, will send out a call for assistance to all qualified and functioning Emergency Medical Teams. The decision to respond to each request is made after considering needs, safety concerns and the capacity of the team.