They're no longer #UNHEARD
Our Women’s Healthcare Forum Chair has launched her most ambitious campaign yet – on the previously silent blight #endometriosis.
Dr Anita Sharma was so concerned about the lack of care given to the condition (which affects one in ten women) that she founded her own charity, Endometriosis Awareness North.
And now they have teamed up with creative media students at Shipley College (Bradford) to produce a documentary, short film clips, a challenge to engage MPs and a social media campaign called #UNHEARD.
They are not short of ambition either, as Dr Sharma has gone on record to say she wants it to cause as much impact as #MeToo!
It currently takes up to ten-years to diagnose endo, leaving women in desperate pain and mental torture. Overall, treatment is poor, and Anita has called for the establishment of one-stop endometriosis centres where scanning and support are offered.
To learn more, go to www.endometriosisawarenessnorth.comand make sure on social media that you hashtag #UNHEARD!
We’re all over the cricket – join us
Competing in sport encourages a comradeship rarely seen in any other walk of life.
And now the cricket season is in full swing, it is something BIDA uses to break down boundaries and introduce international healthcare workers to life in Britain.
Visit our BIDA Sports page and you can read all about activities for everyone and opportunities to compete – go to
Pyramid visit pinnacle of science conference
The full brochure for BIDA’s 17th International Conference has just been published.
And it promises to be a wonderfully colourful mix of serious debate and historical site seeing.
Amongst the activities planned is a visit to The Valley of the Kings and some time at the Giza Pyramids – built for the Pharoh Khufu, and dating back to 2600 B.C!
The science part of the programme will look at good practice from a myriad of countries, so that we can make good health a universal notion.
The pyramid shape has been used to illustrate good nutrition and light pyramids – or prisms – are also used in meditation and yoga.
For a full brochure, visit FORTHCOMINGEVENTS
Our Mission
BIDA aims to support, encourage, train and acknowledge the wonderful work of Britain’s international doctors and dentists, without whom our NHS would simply collapse. We also promote understanding, tolerance, equity and fairness – join us, today at Join BIDA | British Internationa
From the President
Watch a message from our President on the 50-year-anniversary of BIDA and why we are founded on a philosophy of “friendship, dignity, respect and service above oneself.” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C1HVB3oy2e8