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Intensive care patients airlifted back to Salalah
13 June 2018 – The Medical Response and Public Health Sector in the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force of Oman, airlifted yesterday a number of patients in intensive care units and their families to the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah after being evacuated to various hospitals in Oman to receive the necessary medical...
Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative in Oman
Debriefing of WHO mission on patient safety with HE Dr Mohammed Al Hosni, Undersecretary for Health Affairs, and Dr Akjemal Magtymova, WHO Representative for Oman22 May 2018 – In response to the heavy burden of unsafe care in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region, WHO is identifying solutions to promote effective and safer care and integrate the...
WHO Director-General attends launch of Oman’s national plan to address noncommunicable diseases
Ambassador Michèle Boccoz, WHO Assistant Director-General for External Relations, Dr Svetlana Akselrod, WHO Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Dr Akjemal Magtymova, WHO Representative to Sultanate of Oman, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, His Highness Sayyidh Fahed Al Said, Deputy Prime...
Regional launch of the third Patient Safety Challenge “Medication without harm"
20 September 2017 – The regional launch of the third Patient Safety Challenge: “Medication without harm”, was held 17-18 September 2017, in Muscat, Oman. This high-level meeting was jointly organized by WHO headquarters, the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and WHO country office in Oman, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health...
WHO missions focus on quality of care
Two WHO missions visited Oman in October 2014 focusing on health care quality. The first mission, from 13 to 23 October 2014, assisted in revising the clinical quality indicators and training hospital-based quality assurance staff on hospital performance indicators. The workshop also provided the opportunity to establish a framework for hospital...
Oman prepares for the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
The Ministry of Heath has begun preparations to conduct the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in Oman. A three member team from the Ministry attended a 5-day Orientation Training at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA. The training covers all aspects of the survey including the adaptation of the standard questionnaire, sample design...
