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Addressing noncommunicable diseases (NCDS) in Oman
A one-day workshop on the prevention and management of noncommunicable diseases was conducted by the Directorate General of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health on 14 March 2013. The workshop was the first in a series of continuing professional development workshops planned by the directorate for the year 2013. The WHO Representative for Oman...
National workshop on health system financing
Dr Abdallah Assaedi, WHO Representative for Oman provides a regional perspective on health care financingThe Ministry of Health held a national workshop on health system financing from 26 to 27 March 2013 in close collaboration with WHO. The main objective of the workshop was to train mid-level managers on health financing, a key building block of...
Occupational health and safety
WHO participated in an international conference on occupational health and safety which was held in Oman from 25–26 March 2013. Occupational health is a comparatively new area of work in Oman. The Regulation of Occupational Safety and Health issued by the Ministry of Manpower in 2008 helps set the agenda for occupational safety in Oman. This...
Training on health-promoting schools initiative
A WHO mission to assist in training master trainers on the health-promoting school initiative took place from 6 to 10 April 2013. The workshop trained participants from all areas in Oman on how to analyse and determine interventions for common problems in schools and on how to monitor and assess a Health Promoting School. Given the high enrolment...
WHO subregional training workshop on laboratory quality management
WHO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, held a subregional training workshop on quality of laboratories. Laboratory services are involved in different phases of alert and response systems, including detection, investigation and response and are one of the eight core capacities required for implementation of the International Health...
Workshop on food poisoning
A WHO mission visited Oman from 6 to 7 May 2013 to support the Food Poisoning Workshop organized by the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. This workshop aimed to raise awareness of the different aspects of food poisoning, update participants about new emerging pathogens and their identification techniques and...
