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Technical mission to introduce new version of the Eastern Mediterranean database platform (EMFLU-2)
Muscat, 17 May 2022 – A WHO team of infectious hazards preparedness technical experts are visiting Oman to discuss and review existing sentinel surveillance system for influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness. The mission aims to pilot test Eastern Mediterranean Region-reported data to the EMFLU-2 platform, build capacity and discuss...
WHO Representative's statement on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
WHO Representative to Oman Dr John Jabbour Muscat, 30 January 2022 - World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is an international awareness day aiming to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and ensure progress towards universal health coverage. World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day was endorsed at the World Health Assembly in 2021 and it was...
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...
