Muscat, 22 May 2014 – The Ministry of Health of Oman hosted a WHO regional laboratory training workshop on measles and rubella virus detection, sequence and sequence analysis, from 11 to 14 May 2014.
The purpose of the workshop was to update participants from 12 countries in the Region on laboratory issues related to measles elimination and to provide hands-on training in molecular epidemiological techniques related to the detection of the measles and rubella viruses. The meeting was held at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Oman, a WHO accredited laboratory for measles and rubella.