Publication date:
Thursday, December 12, 2013
The AIRSAN Project aims to support EU Member States in ensuring a well-organized and coherent response to public health threats in air transport.
In order to meet this objective, the AIRSAN Partners aim to develop:
• an AIRSAN Network,
• AIRSAN Guidance Documents,
• an AIRSAN Website and an AIRSAN Communication Platform, and
• an AIRSAN Training Tool.
Publication date:
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The first EU SHIPSAN ACT Joint Action training course was conducted in Tivoli Terme, Rome, Italy from Tuesday 8th to Thursday 10th October 2013. The course was co-organised by the EU SHIPSAN ACT Joint Action and the Italian Ministry of Health.
A total of 29 trainees participated in the training course: 16 seafarers from 6 cruise companies, 1 ferry company and 1 ship management company and 13 port health officers.
For further information please visit the SHIPSAN ACT website www.shipsan.eu
Submitted by Martin Walker on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 22:37
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in the UK has a Special Interest Group (SIG) for Port Health. I am the Seminar Secretary for the CIEH Port Health SIG and in the last 6 months several seminars/presentations have been held for UK Port Health Officers to focus upon how to complete Ship Sanitation Certificates (SSC's) correctly and appropriately.
The SHIPSAN ACT is a Joint Action of 23 European Union countries co-funded by European Commission. It started in February 2013 and will have a 39-month duration. It deals with the impact on maritime transport of health threats due to biological, chemical and radiological agents, including communicable diseases and supports the implementation of International Health Regulations 2005 in EU. WHO participates in the Advisory Board of the SHIPSAN ACT Joint Action.
Publication date:
Sunday, September 1, 2013
The report of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Network (EOC-NET): Consultation meeting, 19–20 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland, is now available on the web.
To view the report, please go to the GCR landing page (www.who.int/ihr/en/) and click on the Latest Guidance tab on the horizontal bar.
The 3rd International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Cooperative Arrangement for the Prevention of Spread of Communicable Disease through Air Travel (CAPSCA) Global Coordination Meeting will be held from 8 to 12 October 2012 in Santiago, Chile.
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