Oman introduces a new laboratory to boost testing for poliovirus in the Region

13 February 2025, Muscat, Oman – The Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, inaugurated a new poliovirus laboratory in Muscat today. The laboratory will focus on testing wastewater samples from Oman and other countries in the Region.

WHO mission contributes to preventing and managing NCDs in Oman

Muscat, January 2023 – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global public health concern. In Oman, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and diabetes are responsible for 83% of total deaths related to NCDs, with factors such as physical inactivity, malnutrition and tobacco use contributing to an increasing risk of NCDs.

In Oman, there has been a major increase in obesity among all ages, with a high prevalence of risk factors, including hypertension and dyslipidemia.