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Pharmacy services in regional hospitals, 6–10 October 2012
A one-week WHO mission, took place from 6 to 10 October 2012, aims to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health of Oman by evaluating the pharmacy services provided in the regional hospitals and setting appropriate guidelines and standards. During the mission a workshop will be conducted to re-enforce staff knowledge in key competency areas and...
Quality management system in blood transfusion services, 1–5 December 2012
A one-week WHO mission, scheduled from 1 to 5 December 2012, aims to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health of Oman on the quality management system for blood transfusion services in Oman. The mission will involve reviewing existing quality standards and guidelines, advising on a mechanism for national external quality assessment and...
In-depth review of women’s health, 1–12 December 2012
A two-week WHO mission to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health Oman in the area of women’s health took place from 1 to 12 December 2012. The mission reviewed current health programmes concerned with women’s health using a lifecycle approach. The team noted that Oman has developed an impressive and comprehensive set of policies for...
World Health Day 2012 art competition
Three students from Oman were winners of the World Health Day 2012 art competition, the theme of which was "Ageing and health". Dr Jihane Tawilah, WHO Representative in Oman, distributed prizes and certificates of appreciation to the art competition winners in a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health premises in the presence of Dr Ali bin Jaffar bin...
Strengthening the HIV voluntary counselling and testing system, Oman, 4–24 May 2012
A WHO follow-up mission to strengthen the HIV voluntary counselling and testing system took place in Oman from 4 to 24 May 2012. The objectives of the mission were to finalize the strategic framework to improve uptake of client-initiated and provider-initiated HIV voluntary counselling and testing, develop draft Standard Operating Procedures for...
Capacity-building plan and monitoring framework for people living with HIV, 19–23 May 2012
A one-week WHO mission from 19 to 23 May 2012 was conducted to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health of Oman to facilitate a training workshop for nongovernmental organizations and people living with HIV (PLHIV). The workshop addressed the root causes of stigma and discrimination in Oman's national context and developed a team of...
