UAE to be linked to WHO's regional health alert system
The UAE will be linked to a "regional alert system" of the World Health Organisation (WHO) by this year end, a senior official has said.
Co-ordinator of Knowledge Management and Sharing at Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO Dr Najeeb Al Shorbaji told The Gulf Today that the project would help the country to be part of the immediate reporting system for the region.
"WHO is providing the regional countries with the software and training for the project, which has already been launched as a pilot project in Tunisia. The GCC countries will be linked to it once the Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers' Council approves it." He said the system will help in reporting disease outbreaks, health facilities, human resources and material resources in the healthcare field along with regular reporting of various diseases.
"The health ministries in respective countries will own the data, which will be hosted by the WHO's server. These data will be available online. However, some specific confidential data will not be accessible to the public," Shorbaji said. (WAM)
Co-ordinator of Knowledge Management and Sharing at Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO Dr Najeeb Al Shorbaji told The Gulf Today that the project would help the country to be part of the immediate reporting system for the region.
"WHO is providing the regional countries with the software and training for the project, which has already been launched as a pilot project in Tunisia. The GCC countries will be linked to it once the Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers' Council approves it." He said the system will help in reporting disease outbreaks, health facilities, human resources and material resources in the healthcare field along with regular reporting of various diseases.
"The health ministries in respective countries will own the data, which will be hosted by the WHO's server. These data will be available online. However, some specific confidential data will not be accessible to the public," Shorbaji said. (WAM)
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