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From vertical programmes to holistic system: how Oman is improving child health outcomes
29 July 2025, Muscat, Oman – Oman has been making advances in childhood health care for more than 20 years, steadily moving from disease-specific vertical programmes to a coordinated, multidisciplinary system. The strategy has led to remarkable progress in child health and offers a model for integrated care. Oman began implementing the integrated...
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...
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...
School video competition raises awareness of familial hypercholesterolemia
21 February 2023, Muscat – Familial hypercholesterolemia is a common life-threatening genetic disorder. It increases the risk of heart disease and early heart attacks, and its threat is not limited to older people, as it also affects children and can result in increased risk of heart disease or stroke at an early age. Children with familial...
Oman first country in the Region to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
20 October 2022 – Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis has been identified as a global public health priority. It focuses on adopting a harmonized approach to improving health outcomes for mothers and children. The global community has set international and regional goals, and countries are scaling up national...
Sultan Qaboos University and WHO to strengthen cooperation on health
7 July 2022 – Sultan Qaboos University, represented by the Developmental Medicine Unit of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital and the WHO country office in Oman signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of early childhood development and disability. The MoU was signed on behalf of the university by His Highness Sayyid Dr Fahd bin...
