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Meeting on safety assessment of two hospitals in Oman
15 December 2021 – On 2 December 2021, a debriefing meeting was held at the Ministry of Health to listen to the recommendations of two consultants who were invited by the WHO country office to conduct a patient safety assessment of two hospitals in Oman – the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah and Al-Nahdha Hospital in Muscat. H.E the...
Meeting with officials from Oman's substance use programme
On 8 November 2021, the WHO country office welcomed officials from Oman's national substance use programme. The meeting was attended by the WHO Representative in Oman Dr John Jabbour, WHO technical officers and representatives from Al-Masarra Hospital and Al-Jisr Foundation. They discussed opportunities for collaboration including strengthening...
WHO signs memorandum of understanding with Oman Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis and Medical Research Centre
On Monday, 25 October 2021, the WHO country office in Oman signed a memorandum of understanding to work with the Oman Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis and the Medical Research Centre of Sultan Qaboos University on a range of activities activities related to detection, education, advocacy and research on familial hypercholesterolemia. Familial...
WHO visits the Emergency Management Centre at the Ministry of Health
18 October 2021 – Dr Jean Jabbour, WHO Representative in Oman, and the WHO country office team recently visited the Emergency Management Centre at the Omani Ministry of Health. Dr Rashid Al Badi, Director of the Centre briefed the WHO team on the health emergency system, the role of the centre during health emergencies, the progress made since...
WHO supports Oman’s efforts in active and safe mobility
29 August 2021 – Dr John Jabbour, WHO Representative to Oman, paid a field visit to the site of the Al-Hail health neighbourhood project – one of the projects implemented as part of the Healthy Cities Network after Muscat joined the initiative implemented in partnership with the Health Organization International, Bloomberg Charitable Foundation...
Launch of Oman Country Cooperation Strategy
24 November 2021 – Oman, the first country in the Region to conclude the preparation of its Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) using the new 2020 CCS Guidelines, launched its fourth CCS for 2021–2025 on 28 June 2021. The event was held under the auspices of HE Minister of Health Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Obaid Al Sa'eedi and in the presence of Dr Jean...
