MUSCAT: The Directorate-General of Diseases Surveillance and Control (DGDSC), in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), has organised a training workshop on the Regional Influenza Surveillance System.
The workshop reviewed the existing sentinel surveillance system and discussed the need to have regular channels of communication between the Ministry of Health, WHO Office and Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO).
The workshop also touched on the opportunities and challenges in adopting an integrated approach by Oman to be aligned with the global and regional roadmap for the integration of SARS-CoV2 and other respiratory viruses of epidemic and pandemic potential within the influenza sentinel surveillance system.
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