The Philippine Department of Health and World Health Organization partnered to pilot the first training of National Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) in the country. The training was held on 2-6 October 2017 in Tacloban, Leyte, one of the first and hardest hit areas by Typhoon Haiyan. Here, the participants from every Region of the country came together to undergo a training of trainers course facilitated by the WHO Emergency Medical Teams Secretariat, the WHO Regional Office in the Western Pacific, and the WHO Country Office in the Philippines.
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