Washington, Dec. 24 -- In November 2020, the Oman Ministry of Health and the ICRC have launched the first phase of a 4-phase training course on the management of Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards in Muscat. Eighteen participants of clinical and non-clinical staff, selected from MoH structures from 6 governorates, participated in the first phase, for the duration of one week.
The ICRC is organizing this training course for the first time in the region, hosted by the Sultanate of Oman with a dual objective, to enable MoH clinical and non-clinical first responders to respond to CBRN hazards and constitute a training of trainers team. The second phase ran for two days on the 23 rd and 24 th of December in Sohar Univ...