March 2022 – Maritime Health Trainings for Seafarers and Doctors

Month 26: January 2022

Q2-Task 3. ORKA continued to create e-learning training modules in 2D/3D animation

O3- Task 4. Testing and finalizing was continued to perform.

Q3-Task 5. Creating of mobile smartphone application of MariHEALTH (MariHEATH app) was continued.

Relationality in community engagement: its role in humanizing health and achieving quality integrated health services December 20, 2024
A new report, entitled “Relationality in community engagement: its role in humanizing healthcare and achieving quality integrated health Services” has been developed in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) and launched at the Seventh edition of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) taking place in Doha on 13–14 […]
Lebanon: soaring needs for trauma treatment and rehabilitation December 19, 2024
The ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities took effect on 27 November, offering temporary relief for the millions of civilians caught in the conflict in Lebanon. But Lebanon’s suffering did not end amid staggering unmet health needs. Bordering Syria and Israel, Lebanon’s overburdened health system is reeling from the impacts of an economic crisis, political […]
President Macron, WHO Director-General, and global health leaders inaugurate WHO Academy in Lyon December 17, 2024
The WHO Academy in Lyon, France, officially opened its doors today with a high-profile inauguration ceremony. The Academy aims to tackle the growing global shortage of health and care workers, projected to reach 10 million by 2030, by training thousands of health professionals each year.

Joint ECDC-EFSA rapid outbreak assessment – Prolonged multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK November 12, 2024
A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Implications of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda for the EU/EEA, 2024 October 10, 2024
This threat assessment addresses the implications of the ongoing Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
Risk assessment for the EU/EEA of the mpox epidemic caused by monkeypox virus clade I in affected African countries August 16, 2024
The monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade I epidemic that has been affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since November 2023 has recently spread to several other African countries including Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.