WHO strengthens capacity for Fiji Emergency Medical Team

WHO strengthens capacity for Fiji Emergency Medical Team

By Faria Begum
Monday 30/10/2017

As Fiji prepares to enter the Cyclone season, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Fiji National Disaster Management Office, first responders from other government departments and agencies have completed a workshop organized by the World Health Organization.

The workshop was aimed at strengthening the national capacity and coordination of the Fiji Emergency Medical Team.

The training also ensured the Fiji Emergency Medical Team will be formally verified as a World Health Organization assured emergency medical team.

WHO Emergency Medical Team Initiative Manager Dr. Ian Norton says WHO has been working with the Fiji Emergency Medical Team in assisting them to become a WHO internationally quality assured emergency medical team.

He says this will be a great achievement for Fiji as it will become the first Pacific Island country to have a WHO verified emergency medical team.

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