WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health conducted a workshop on the brucellosis programme in treatment centres, between 25 and 26 September 2013.

The main objectives of the workshop were to enhance the skills of the concerned physicians on managing brucellosis cases based on the national treatment protocol, strengthen the surveillance of brucellosis as well as the laboratory role in brucellosis detection, and activate the role of other sectors (i.e. the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Information) in containing the outbreak.

The workshop was attended by 53 participants from the Directorate of Communicable and Chronic Diseases, physicians from health centres, and brucellosis programme coordinators in Damascus, rural Damascus, Daraa, As Suwayda, and Quneitra

The main recommendation of the workshop was to maintain the collaboration between WHO and the Ministry of Health to contain the brucellosis outbreak.