{"id":13,"date":"2023-12-19T22:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/whocc-health-education-training\/?p=13"},"modified":"2023-12-19T22:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:05:24","slug":"autumn-23-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/whocc-health-education-training\/2023\/12\/19\/autumn-23-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn \u201923 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training (WHOCC) had a busy few months supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) in its vital work towards improving public healthcare so that all people, everywhere, can have an equal chance at living a healthy life. In September, at the\u00a0UN SDG Summit<\/a>, a political declaration was made to realise a vision of a world with access to inclusive and equitable\u00a0Universal Health Coverage<\/a>\u00a0(UHC). At the forefront of the WHOCC\u2019s work is delivering and facilitating quality education and training in healthcare, crucial elements in achieving both UHC and SDG3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this Autumn Update we recap the highlights from the past few months….\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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HIGHLIGHTS<\/h2>\n

strengthening health workforce through education & training<\/h3>\n
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August:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In August, the WHOCC welcomed a distinguished Professor of Virology. Our new Honorary Research Fellow spearheaded research efforts into Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The collaboration between Imperial College London,\u00a0Scripps Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0in the USA, and the\u00a0University of Basrah<\/a>\u00a0in Iraq has produced four research papers for submission.<\/p>\n

Our team of highly skilled academics and teachers also delivered lectures on public health research, communication, and leadership to our current\u00a0Postgraduate Fellows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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September:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Training in KSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a significant milestone, the WHOCC conducted two workshops for the first cohort of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA):<\/p>\n