The Ministry of Properly being of the Republic of Armenia with the EMT Secretariat from the WHO Regional Office for Europe and WHO Headquarters have concluded their preparatory discussions with an settlement to hold the EMT World Meeting 2022 in Yerevan. Armenia will host this high-level worldwide event inside the fall 2022.
About Emergency Medical Teams
An Emergency Medical Group (EMT) is a bunch of nicely being expert providing direct medical care to populations affected by nicely being emergencies. EMTs are best positioned to shortly reply to fulfill the excess nicely being care needs immediately after a sudden onset disaster, all through an outbreak or to assist superior emergencies equal to conflicts and protracted crises. The WHO EMT Neighborhood is comprised of teams, technical consultants and companions all through organizations and networks. As of 1 April 2022, there are virtually 100 teams inside the technique of worldwide classification and 32 WHO labeled teams globally whose capacities deploy every nationally and internationally. The European Space is a world chief in its dedication to the EMT Initiative, dwelling to 16 of these internationally labeled teams – or half of all labeled EMTs.
Strengthening nationwide emergency workforce capacities
This could be the primary time an EMT world meeting is being hosted in Yerevan — located inside the coronary coronary heart of the South Caucasus — and inside the WHO European Space. Welcoming the settlement to host the EMT World Meeting in Yerevan, Ms Anahit Avanesyan, Armenian Minister of Properly being, expressed the urgent need for strengthening nationwide nicely being emergency readiness and response capacities. She thanked the WHO and its EMT Secretariat for serving to “scale-up the nationwide medical surge functionality to stay to WHO necessities, and develop to be part of the worldwide EMT neighborhood”.
The strategy of enchancment of the Armenian Nationwide Emergency Response Medical Group has made considerable progress since its establishment remaining yr beneath the auspices of the Ministry of stays a priority to the nation, Avanesyan acknowledged. “Web internet hosting the EMT World Meeting is a milestone for Armenia that may undoubtedly highlight nationwide efforts for added enhancing public nicely being packages”, she added.
Dr Jihane Tawilah, WHO Advisor to Armenia, appreciated “the full dedication of the Ministry of Properly being and its administration to make the forthcoming event profitable. I am very blissful that WHO with the EMT neighborhood are contributing to additional nicely being safety in Armenia, thus benefiting all residents.” Dr Tawilah added: “Supporting the Ministry of Properly being to protected a resilient nicely being system is probably going one of many priorities of WHO in Armenia and should solely be achieved with our companions”.
Dr Gerald Rockenschaub, WHO Regional Emergency Director for Europe, well-known the concrete progress achieved by the Armenian Ministry of Properly being in strengthening the Nationwide Emergency Response Medical Group. He thanked Armenia for agreeing to host the upcoming world conference, stating: “The operate of Emergency Medical Teams has in no way been additional essential, and its evolution amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and fairly a number of emergencies and crises has been a testament to that. Armenia is likely to be providing a significant platform for the EMTs globally to assemble and speak about priorities, work plans and subsequent steps educated by outcomes from the seventy fifth World Properly being Assembly”.
Rising EMT world method
EMT world conferences have proved instrumental in steering the trail of the initiative all through and inside WHO Areas, upholding necessities of care in emergencies and fostering collaboration and assist from the various Member States and companions of the neighborhood and folks involved in EMT surge response. This 3-day event will embrace plenary durations, regional group durations and specialty, technical streams.
Flavio Salio, EMT Neighborhood Chief, WHO Properly being Emergencies Programme, acknowledged: “Following postponements because of COVID-19, the upcoming fifth EMT world meeting is essential for Member States and companions of the neighborhood to analysis what has been accomplished these days, assemble on lessons found and best practices, and knowledge the long term strategic path of the Initiative and its neighborhood.”
As a result of the inception of the EMT Initiative, 4 world conferences have been held, bringing collectively the varied group of EMT suppliers, member states and companions and providing a platform for the occasion of world method for the initiative.
These conferences have proved instrumental in steering the trail of the initiative all through and inside WHO Areas and fostering collaboration and assist from the various Member States and companions of the neighborhood and folks involved in EMT surge response. This 3-day event will embrace plenary durations, regional group durations and specialty, technical streams.
WHO’s Properly being Emergencies Programme (WHE) will make funds on the market to cowl meeting costs and participation of representatives from low- and middle-income worldwide areas. The assistance and expertise of WHE/EURO and WHO Nation Office in Armenia is likely to be provided for facilitating required assist, along with nevertheless not restricted to web internet hosting preparations and logistics.
