Health workforce snapshots
Stories of health care workers at the frontline
In Yemen, ‘hero’ epidemiologist succumbs to COVID-19
20 June 2020 – Years after his retirement, Dr Yassin Abdul-Warith's passion for fighting epidemics across Yemen never waned nor did he rest until he died from one of the diseases he fought: COVID-19. One of the oldest and most well-known epidemiologists in Yemen, Dr Yassin had been working for around 50 years fighting different epidemics in the country, including Rift Valley fever, diphtheria, malaria, cholera and lately COVID-19.
Health care workers on the frontlines of the struggle against COVID-19
15 June 2020 – “I wished desperately that COVID-19 wouldn’t reach Yemen, as we are already suffering from cholera, diphtheria, dengue, malaria and malnutrition compounded with the ongoing conflict that has wrecked the already appalling health system,” said Khaled Mohammed, a laboratory technician in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 department in the Central Laboratory in Sana’a.
After heartbreak, a Pakistani doctor's plea for vigilance against COVID-19
15 June 2020 – “When my son was in his hospital bed, and they were giving him medicine, he’d say, ‘Mama, the mechanism of action of this drug is this, these are the side-effects.’” Dr Shabnam Tahir’s son, Salman, was a medical student preparing to become an anaesthesiologist when COVID-19 started spreading in Pakistan.
Lessons and warnings: One Egyptian doctor’s COVID-19 story
19 May 2020 – When his phone rang in March – a friend calling about his sick mother-in-law – Dr Ahmed Ismail didn’t suspect anything out of the ordinary. A doctor of internal medicine and rheumatology in Cairo, he agreed to make a home visit to check on the woman, who had had a fever on and off for days.
On the front line of COVID-19: inspiring stories of health care workers
WHO designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” and while this designation came prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot think of a better time to honour and recognize nurses for their commitment to the profession. Around the world nurses are on the front lines battling COVID-19 daily. But what does it feel like to be a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic? Lamees is one of them and this is her story.
Rapports de réunions
Rapport synthétique de la réunion sur le cadre stratégique pour le développement des personnels de santé dans la Région de la Méditerranée orientale (en anglais) Le Caire (Égypte), 1er-2 juin 2016
Soins infirmiers et obstétricaux
Rapport synthétique de la réunion d’un groupe d’experts sur le cadre d’action régional pour le renforcement des soins infirmiers et obstétricaux dans la Région de la Méditerranée orientale, 2015-2025, Abou Dhabi (Émirats arabes unis), 25-26 mars 2016
Rapport synthétique de la réunion d’un groupe d’experts sur la réglementation des soins infirmiers, obstétricaux et paramédicaux, Le Caire, Égypte, 8-10 décembre 2015
Rapport synthétique sur le forum régional consacré aux soins infirmiers : l’avenir des soins infirmiers et obstétricaux dans la Région de la Méditerranée orientale, Amman (Jordanie) 24 avril 2015
