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Strengthening registration of traditional and complementary medicines
A WHO mission to strengthen the registration system for traditional and complementary medicines took place from 10 to 14 November 2013. During the mission an assessment of the registration system and current set-up of the Central Quality Control Laboratory was carried out based on the requirements of WHO good practices for quality control in...
Review of the injury surveillance system, 10–14 November
A WHO mission to review the injury surveillance system took place from 10 to 14 November 2013. The mission concurred with the Ministry of Health that due to the heavy burden of injuries in Oman, there is an urgent need to establish a robust injury surveillance system and a trauma registry. It also recognized the usefulness of embedding such a...
Child health review
A 3-member WHO in-depth review of the child health programme was conducted in January 2014. The team recognized the remarkable progress Oman has made in reducing mortality and morbidity of children under the age of 5 years and encouraged the Ministry of Health to further reduce child mortality by sustaining achievements for the post-neonatal...
Regional meeting for nutrition focal points, 23–25 September 2013
The Ministry of Health of Oman hosted the WHO regional meeting for nutrition focal points in Muscat from 23 to 25 September 2013. The main purpose of the meeting was to support Member States in the Region to develop 2-year national action plans for nutrition to address the double burden of malnutrition in line with global initiatives to scale up...
Building national capacity in food safety
Two national workshops on food safety were held during the first week of December 2013: a two-day workshop to raise awareness of food safety for food safety experts from numerous sectors and a 3-day training of master trainers from the Ministry of Health on food safety and surveillance of foodborne diseases. WHO experts from the Regional Office, Cairo...
Development of malaria diagnosis guidelines
A WHO mission is scheduled to visit Oman from 27 to 31 October 2013 to provide support to nationals in updating the malaria diagnosis guidelines. Early and accurate diagnosis of malaria is important for both malaria surveillance and management of the disease. Oman is seen as a model in the Region in its efforts in malaria elimination. However,...
