The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday started a public
health and emergency management training program in Shanghai.
Twenty-five Chinese personnel who work in emergency and public
health administration from Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing
municipalities, Yunnan and Liaoning provinces, are participating in
the 11-day program, a local health official said.
WHO experts and officials will teach them how to manage
emergency plans in the event of a disaster, and organize rescue
workers for public health incidents, epidemiological monitoring and
emergency networking, the official said.
The program, co-sponsorsed by 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 28, 2006)