Through the expertise of WHO trainers, staff from the French and Morroccan field hospitals and 15 participants from the rapid response team gained vital knowledge in the necessary skills needed for successful communicable disease management in emergencies.
The inaugural training session specifically focused on the practicalities of communicable disease management. However, over the coming months WHO and its partners have highlighted the need for further training, with the next session primarily focusing on medical waste management.
Dr Sabri Gmach, WHO Field Officer, said that the benefit of the training was already evident. “The main aim of the first training session was to build capacity. It is vital that people work together and share skills and information. Already these training sessions are supporting Jordanian health care workers in the management of emergency aid, as they take the practical and theoretical knowledge they have learned out into the field”.
