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WHOCC activities (2021)
Reports
WHOCC Annual Report 2021-2022 [PDF]Training
- WHO GOARN Tier 1.5 Training Workshop (IPC/ Case Management Course) 2021
November 17-November 18, 2021
In collaboration with WHO Headquarters, WHO Western Pacific Office (WPRO) and GOARN (Global Outbreak Alert Response Network), and with the support from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan, the online GOARN Training Workshop Tier 1.5 was held.
This year, we had participants from Australia, Singapore, and Fiji.
The training contents were fulfilling as the program was consisted of group work on case studies based on scenarios that GOARN's missions may face in the actual field, and experience-sharing sessions by WHO and Japanese experts who have been dispatched to GOARN as Infection Prevention and Control and case management specialists.
The event was a great success with the active participation of 31 trainees who are eager to contribute to international infectious disease control through GOARN overseas.
We truly hope that this training course will produce the next generation of professionals who will be at the forefront of international infectious disease outbreak control and who will be able to serve as a part of GOARN's international missions.
Outbreak Response
- COVID-19 Outbreak Response in WPRO and Papua New Guinea
December 2021 - March 2022
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, two Japanese experts were dispatched to WPRO (Philippines) as Data Management experts, and a Japanese Infection Prevention and Control expert and an epidemiology expert were dispatched to GOARN (Papua New Guinea)
Seminars
- GOARN Meeting of Partners 2021
December 16, 2021
Dr. Ohmagari, Director of DCC, participated as a panelist in the Human Resource Development Program session at the GOARN Meeting of Partners, organized by WHO for GOARN’s partner institutions.
Together with panelists from CDC in the U.S. and Robert Koch Institute in Germany, he made a presentation on Human Resource Development in Japan.
In addition, at the plenary session, the GOARN of WPRO representative introduced that NCGM has a large number of GOARN dispatchers for COVID-19 in the WPRO area, which is 4 team members, along with the Public Health Agency of the United Kingdom.
- Joint Seminar on COVID-19 with WPRO (1)
November 22, 2021
At a joint seminar with WPRO (Planning for endemic COVID-19: Emerging Lessons on Clinical Management and Care Pathways in the Region), Dr. Ohmagari shared the status of COVID-19 in Japan and exchanged views with experts from the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- Joint Seminar on COVID-19 with WPRO (2)
February 14, 2022
Dr. Ohmagari shared about the spread of Omicron and the response to Japanese Omicron strains at a seminar co-sponsored by WPRO.
Awards
- Global Health Award 2021
DCC received the Global Health Award for 2021 for its activities at WPRO and others.