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13 May 2019, Suva, Fiji—The World Health Organization (WHO) says Fiji’s Emergency Medical Assistance Team (FEMAT) is...

EMT Request for Assistance: Republic of South Sudan 6 June 2020 On 5 April 2020, the Republic of South Sudan reported...

EMT Request for Assistance: Republic of Cameroon 6 June 2020 Due to the rising COVID-19 cases in country, the Ministry...

In the last seven days, 16 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District (NCD)...

On 8 September 2020, a fire broke out on Greece’s island of Lesbos, in Moria camp, which hosted some 13,000 refugees and...

The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today...

Since March 2020, Eswatini, a landlocked country with a population of 1.1 million has been affected by the COVID-19...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide since February 2021 with most new...

On 14 April 2021, the World Health Organization and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health launched a training centre for a...

Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General; Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of Health Emergencies Programme; Dr Maria Van Kerkhove...

The Emergency Medical Team Secretariat would like to welcome the Chair of the EMT Strategic Advisory Group (SAG)...

A National Fast Response Medical Team (AABT) will be established in Armenia under the auspices of the RA Ministry of...

EMT Call for Expressions of Interest: Ukraine 26 February 2022 On 24 February, starting in the early morning and...

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia with the EMT Secretariat from the WHO Regional Office for Europe and...

Join the Emergency Medical Teams sessions at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks - HNPW! On week 2 (09-13...

EMT Global Alert: Turkey Earthquake 6 February 2023 On 6 February 2023 a 7.4 (MW) earthquake struck Pazarcık district of...

EMT Request for Assistance : Libya Floods - Storm Daniel On Sunday, 10 September 2023 storm Daniel made landfall in...

On September 25, 2023, a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh exploded, killing 170 people and injuring hundreds. The cause of...

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On 8 September 2020, a fire broke out on GreeceÔÇÖs island of Lesbos, in Moria camp, which hosted some 13,000 refugees...

In the last seven days, 16 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Papua New GuineaÔÇÖs National Capital District (NCD)...

EMT Request for Assistance: Republic of Cameroon 6 June 2020 Due to the rising COVID-19 cases in country, the Ministry...

EMT Request for Assistance: Republic of South Sudan 6 June 2020 On 5 April 2020, the Republic of South Sudan reported...

Due to the ongoing situation in Guinea-Bissau, the Ministry of Health has issued a request for assistance for Emergency...

As of 13 May 2020, a total of 801 cases and 28 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Tajikistan. The cumulative...

EMT Notification: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 24 January 2020 Situation As of 23 January 2020, a total of 581...

WHO conducted the First National Emergency Medical Team Training of Timor-Leste on 21-23 October 2019 in Dili. This was...

WHO conducted the first DPR Korea National Training on Emergency Medical Teams on 26-28 August, in Pyongyang. Thirty-one...

Bangkok, 12 June 2019 ÔÇô In the Thai capital, Bangkok, the third Global Meeting of Emergency Medical Teams was...

13 May 2019, Suva, FijiÔÇöThe World Health Organization (WHO) says FijiÔÇÖs Emergency Medical Assistance Team (FEMAT) is...

Some 970 deaths have been confirmed following the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, which began in August last year. The World...

18 March 2019, Gaza, oPt - The World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for US$ 5.3 million to provide life- and...

KOUDOUGOU, 15 February 2019 ÔÇô In emergency situations, such as outbreaks, disasters and mass casualty events, ÔÇ£good...

The new World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Takeshi Kasai this week met with...

21 February, Tripoli, Libya -- With support from Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance, WHO established...

The Macao China Emergency Medical Team conducted their first team member training course in an effort to strengthen its...

VIENTIANE, 29 October 2018 - A joint meeting between the Government of the Lao PeopleÔÇÖs Democratic Republic (LAO PDR)...

An Emergency Medical Team Introductory Workshop was held in Yerevan, Armenia from 30 October to 1 November 2018 for over...

26th September, 2018 An Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Country Preparedness Workshop commenced today at Tanoa...

New Delhi, 6 September 2018: The World Health Organization today called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to...

Emergency medical teams provide urgent medical and surgical care in emergencies characterized by a surge in trauma or...

Geneva, 25 May 2018ÔÇöThis month the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat classified the first Type 3 team in...

When a health emergency situation occurs, rapid response saves lives. The prompt humanitarian response and effective...

Oslo, 4 February 2018ÔÇöThis month the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat internationally classified the...

The group will become part of the international list of emergency medical teams that can be deployed quickly when...

On 8 November 2013, the world watched as the strongest typhoon ever seen pummelled through the Philippines, taking over...

This week the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat held a ceremony to recognize the international...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have...

7 May 2017 ÔÇô Thousands of people have been seriously wounded as a result of the conflict in Mosul, with many patients...

15 June 2017ÔÇöThis week the WHO EMT Secretariat led the classification of two more Emergency Medical Teams (EMT)...

The WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative has been working to help improve the timeliness and quality of health...

The Health Emergency Management Bureau (HEMB) of the Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines, together with the...

28 March 2017ÔÇöThirty staff members from the Health Bureau of Macao SAR participated in a two day workshop organized by...

Galvanizing the development of operational standards for EMT response, WHO Indonesia in collaboration with the Health...

8 March 2017ÔÇô A mission was conducted by WHO technical teams in Islamic Republic of Iran from 22 to 27 April 2017 to...

Twenty-three health professionals from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were trained on management...

GENEVAÔÇöEmergencies, particularly sudden-onset disasters, can result in a surge of traumatic injuries that strain...

As Fiji prepares to enter the Cyclone season, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Fiji National Disaster...

The Minister of Health of Costa Rica said that it was an honor for his country to receive this classification, while Dr...