Wednesday 8 April 2015

WHO sets up emergency rapid response network

Medical staff clean their protection suits as part of the fight against the Ebola virus at the Donka hospital in Conakry on March 8, 2015 The World Health Organization launched a new network of rapid response medical teams Wednesday to react to humanitarian crises across the globe. The UN body is appealing to health services and medical aid groups across the world to pre-register with it for specialist expertise to be better coordinated and brought up to standard if needed. Dr Ian Norton, who heads the project, said the idea was to have suitably qualified teams across the world ready to deploy in the case of major emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes and tsunamis.




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