UAE well being employees ramp up struggle towards zoonotic ailments

Concentrating on employees within the healthcare, environmental well being, and animal well being sectors, the workshop targeted on One Well being as an strategy that requires collaboration between a number of sectors to fight zoonotic ailments.

Dr Fatima Al Attar, director of the Worldwide Well being Rules Workplace; Dr Fatima Hussein, director of the Epidemiology and Surveillance Division; and Nada Hassan Al Marzouqi, director of Public Well being, and Prevention Division, MoHAP, attended the workshop, which was held on the ministry’s headquarters just lately.

Through the occasion, individuals have been launched to the sensible steps to be taken within the technique of figuring out precedence zoonotic ailments, together with the mechanisms for assessing the dangers of those ailments, strategies for his or her prevention and management, and pointers for collective motion on this regard.

Dr Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, assistant undersecretary for the Public Well being Sector, mentioned: “Figuring out and evaluating precedence zoonotic ailments is essential to scale back their impression and management them successfully. This requires coordination and cooperation between all events concerned in human, animal, and environmental well being.”

He added that efficient communication and the sharing of knowledge between authorities are essential in making ready for the potential dangers posed by these ailments.

Fatima Hussein mentioned that coaching stakeholders on this course of and incorporating it into the nationwide well being system is critical for effectively figuring out zoonotic ailments and creating nationwide plans for preparedness, surveillance, and response to well being threats.