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Cost estimates of implementing the NCD national multisectoral action plan
4 October 2018 – In response to the growing burden posed by noncommunicable diseases, Oman has, with the support of WHO, developed and launched, earlier this year, a 5-year multisectoral action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2016-2025, outlining the country roadmap to tackle those conditions through coherent and...
Safeguarding health during storm season: preparedness and emergency response in the Gulf of Aden
5 June 2018 – Within a week, 2 record-setting tropical cyclones that formed in the Gulf of Aden made landfall, wreaking widespread havoc in Somalia, Oman and Yemen. The World Health Organization is supporting direct response efforts in Somalia and Yemen, while Oman relies on its preparedness developed in partnership with WHO. On 19 May, cyclone...
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...
