EMT Global Meeting - Concept note (pdf)
EMT Global Meeting - Concept Note_RUSSIAN (pdf)
Background In the first two years after the formal launch of the EMT Initiative global meetings were held in 2015 and 2016, to gather the community of EMT providers, member states and partners as a whole and create the momentum for the development of a global strategy. These meetings proved vital in steering the direction of the initiative, and gaining buy in from the various member states and partners involved.
Over the past two years, an important focus of the EMT Initiative has been to promote and consolidate the creation of EMT Regional Groups, allowing the main forum of discussion to occur at the regional level between Member States, EMTs and other stakeholders and allowing them to shape, guide and drive the regional implementation of the EMT Initiative. The EMT Regional Groups follow the geographic distribution of the WHO six-region approach. They have advanced the EMT capacity building work well in each region, but several have now called for a global meeting to realign their work.
Therefore, in 2018, the EMT Strategic Advisory Group decided that the next EMT global meeting should be planned for 2019 in order to ensure global coherence and knowledge sharing, updating on progress across the regions and globally. The global meeting is also expected to be the ideal platform to launch the new version of the EMT reference document, known as the “Blue Book”, which is currently being revised, along with the Toolkit. It will allow discussion of the use of EMTs in conflict and protracted situations and a meeting on the new “red book” will likely occur in the margins. It will also provide a key opportunity to reinforce the message that EMTs (particularly national teams) will be needed in outbreak response.
Goal and objectives
The meeting will provide the opportunity to engage all participants in the discussions on:
EMT capacity strengthening at local, national and regional level Updates on development of minimum standards in clinical and operational areas as well as identification of gap areas for further development Recent developments and good practice sharing in deployment of EMTs from the technical, clinical, legal and operational perspectives Coherence and collaboration with other initiatives and networks Strategic governance and future direction of the EMT initiative, including global and regional priority setting and work planning Proposed methodology The meeting is planned for a duration of 3 days plenary sessions, regional group sessions and specialty streams. Topics include:
National and local capacity building and coordination mechanisms Quality improvement and the EMT mentorship and classification process Logistics, WASH and operations support Technical/clinical updates in areas such as surgical/ burns, rehabilitation, maternal, newborn and child health, and clinical care in highly infectious disease outbreak settings Team management and administration (including staff safety and security, etc.) Regional priority setting and governance arrangements Update on WHOs work in disasters, outbreaks and other emergencies throughout the Health Emergencies Programme The following general information guide provides information on accommodation options, visas and other guidance on the meeting venue in Bangkok, Thailand.
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