The World Health Organization (WHO) started Monday a public
health and emergency management training program in east China's
metropolis Shanghai.
Twenty-five Chinese personnel who work in emergency handling or
public health from Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities,
provinces like Yunnan and Liaoning in southwest and northeast
China, will get an 11-day training here, a local health official
said.
WHO experts and officials will teach them how to work out
emergency plans for calamities and organize rescue workers for
public health incidents, epidemiological monitoring and emergency
networking, the official said.
The program, at the co-sponsorship of the China's Health
Ministry and WHO, will be held annually for the next three years in
China, according to the official.
(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2006)
