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Four years after Haiyan: Building national teams following lessons learnt
On 8 November 2013, the world watched as the strongest typhoon ever seen pummelled through the Philippines, taking over seven thousand lives and affecting an estimated sixteen million people in the archipelagic country.
New Zealand joins growing list of WHO Internationally Classified Emergency Medical Teams
This week the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat held a ceremony to recognize the international classification of the New Zealand Medical Assistant Team (NZMAT)ÔÇöadding to the global number of self-sufficient teams ready to be deployed to health emergencies should the need arise.
Emergencies, Medical Teams and RegulationÔÇôLaunch of a New Report
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have launched a comprehensive report entitled ÔÇ£The Regulation and Management of International Emergency Medical TeamsÔÇØ. The report provides an overview of the issues in regulating and managing international emergency medical teams (also known as ÔÇÿEMTsÔÇÖ) in a range of large and small-scale sudden onset disasters.