The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) renews...
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Dec 16
Strengthening rapid response capacities...
The Emergency Medical Teams and other Rapid Response Capacities team (WHO Geneva) and Learning Solutions and Training...
Feb 28
Call for expressions of interest:...
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Sep 14
EMT request for assistance - Libya...
EMT Request for Assistance : Libya Floods - Storm Daniel
On Sunday, 10 September 2023 storm Daniel made landfall in...
Feb 6
Apr 29
EMT Sessions at the Humanitarian...
Join the Emergency Medical Teams sessions at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks - HNPW! On week 2 (09-13...
Apr 6
Armenia to host WHO EMT Global Meeting...
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia with the EMT Secretariat from the WHO Regional Office for Europe and...
Nov 19
Establishment of a National Fast...
A National Fast Response Medical Team (AABT) will be established in Armenia under the auspices of the RA Ministry of...
Oct 31
Welcome the Chair of the EMT Strategic...
The Emergency Medical Team Secretariat would like to welcome the Chair of the EMT Strategic Advisory Group (SAG),...
Jun 26
EMT at COVID-19 Virtual Press...
Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General; Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of Health Emergencies Programme; Dr Maria Van...
Apr 14
WHO launches an Emergency Medical Team...
On 14 April 2021, the World Health Organization and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health launched a training centre...
Jan 13
EMT Request for Assistance: Eswatini
Since March 2020, Eswatini, a landlocked country with a population of 1.1 million has been affected by the COVID-19...
Dec 11
WHO, IFRC sign memorandum of...
The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today...
Sep 9
EMT Request for Assistance: Greece
On 8 September 2020, a fire broke out on Greece’s island of Lesbos, in Moria camp, which hosted some 13,000 refugees...
Jun 6
EMT Request for Assistance Republic of...
EMT Request for Assistance: Republic of South Sudan
6 June...
May 15
EMT Request for Assistance: Guinea-...
Due to the ongoing situation in Guinea-Bissau, the Ministry of Health has...
May 14
Nov 1
WHO Conducts National Emergency Medical...
WHO conducted the First National Emergency Medical Team Training of Timor-Leste on 21-23 October 2019 in Dili. ...
Sep 3
DPR Korea Conducts National Training on...
WHO conducted the first DPR Korea National Training on Emergency Medical Teams on 26-28 August, in Pyongyang. ...
Jun 12
Thailand hosts Global Meeting of...
Bangkok, 12 June 2019 – In the Thai capital, Bangkok, the third Global Meeting of Emergency Medical Teams was...
May 13
The Pacific’s first international...
13 May 2019, Suva, Fiji—The World Health Organization (WHO) says Fiji’s Emergency Medical Assistance Team (FEMAT) is...
May 2
Norway supports Ebola response in DR...
Some 970 deaths have been confirmed following the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, which began in August last year. The...
Mar 18
WHO appeals for US$ 5.3 million to...
18 March 2019, Gaza, oPt - The World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for US$ 5.3 million to provide life- and...
Feb 15
Burkina Faso knows, it takes a prepared...
KOUDOUGOU, 15 February 2019 – In emergency situations, such as outbreaks, disasters and mass casualty events, “good...
Feb 26
New WHO Regional Director meets Pacific...
The new World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Takeshi Kasai this week met with...
Feb 21
Emergency medical mobile teams bring...
21 February, Tripoli, Libya -- With support from Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance, WHO established...
Jan 21
Paving the way for the first Type 1...
The Macao China Emergency Medical Team conducted their first team member training course in an effort to strengthen its...
Nov 5
Lao PDR: Initiative to Strengthen...
VIENTIANE, 29 October 2018 - A joint meeting between the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (...
Nov 1
Armenia: Emergency Medical Team...
An Emergency Medical Team Introductory Workshop was held in Yerevan, Armenia from 30 October to 1 November 2018 for...
Sep 26
Tonga: MOH and WHO lead workshop to...
26th September, 2018 An Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Country Preparedness Workshop commenced today at Tanoa...
Sep 6
Strengthen emergency medical teams for...
New Delhi, 6 September 2018: The World Health Organization today called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to...
Jul 16
Development and Implementation of the...
Emergency medical teams provide urgent medical and surgical care in emergencies characterized by a surge in trauma or...
May 25
China International Emergency Medical...
Geneva, 25 May 2018—This month the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat classified the first Type 3...
Feb 4
Norway joins growing number of...
Oslo, 4 February 2018—This month the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat internationally...
Jun 15
Ecuador's Emergency Medical Team...
The group will become part of the international list of emergency medical teams that can be deployed quickly when...
Jan 30
Four years after Haiyan: Building...
On 8 November 2013, the world watched as the strongest typhoon ever seen pummelled through the Philippines, taking over...
Jan 30
New Zealand joins growing list of WHO...
This week the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat held a ceremony to recognize the international...
Jan 18
Emergencies, Medical Teams and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...
Jan 30
Separated by Conflict but Reunited:...
7 May 2017 – Thousands of people have been seriously wounded as a result of the conflict in Mosul, with many...
Jan 30
WHO increases number of internationally...
15 June 2017—This week the WHO EMT Secretariat led the classification of two more Emergency Medical Teams (EMT), adding...
Jan 30
Strengthening Country Coordination of...
The WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative has been working to help improve the timeliness and quality of health...
Apr 1
Philippines:Enhancing the Emergency...
The Health Emergency Management Bureau (HEMB) of the Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines, together with the...
Jan 30
Macao SAR: Introducing the Emergency...
28 March 2017—Thirty staff members from the Health Bureau of Macao SAR participated in a two day workshop organized by...
Jan 30
Indonesia: Informal Consultation on...
Galvanizing the development of operational standards for EMT response, WHO Indonesia in collaboration with the Health...
Jan 30
Islamic Republic of Iran: Scaling Up...
8 March 2017– A mission was conducted by WHO technical teams in Islamic Republic of Iran from 22 to 27 April 2017...
Jan 30
Central Asian countries strengthen...
Twenty-three health professionals from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were trained on management...
Jan 30
WHO launches Rehabilitation Standards...
GENEVA—Emergencies, particularly sudden-onset disasters, can result in a surge of traumatic injuries that strain health...
Jan 30
WHO strengthens capacity of Fiji...
As Fiji prepares to enter the Cyclone season, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Fiji National Disaster...
Jan 30
Emergency Medical Team from Costa Rica...
The Minister of Health of Costa Rica said that it was an honor for his country to receive this classification, while Dr...