Bird flu in United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country based in the Middle East, in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula (southwest Asia). The seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajmān, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain) were known before 1971 as the Trucial States, after a 19th century truce between the United Kingdom and a group of Arab Sheikhs.

Training programme organized in Dubai

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Between July 9th and July 12th the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) will be host of a forum concerning methods of preparing and dealing with avian flu. The forum will benefit from speakers from the Centre for Mass Destruction Defence at the Medical College of Georgia. The workshop aims to train health professionals from all over the United Arab Emirates in proper measures to be taken to prepare and combat bird flu.

Under the title of The Abu Dhabi International Forum for Disaster Training: Focus on Bird Flu Preparation and Response, the focus will be set on the practical training of medical and professional staff from public and private organizations to ensure preparedness in the event of a bird flu outbreak in the country. Administrators, doctors, nurses and rescue teams that might be involved in dealing with such crises will attend the workshop. Organizers of the event are the National Programme for Health Professional Skill Development in the UAE and the National Medical Simulation Centre, in collaboration with the American Medical Association.

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