Health needs assessment, Malta: mission of 16–18 March 2011
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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11 p.
The WHO Regional Office for Europe assessment mission to Malta was initiated following aletter of support from the WHO Regional Director for Europe to the Minister of Health, the Elderlyand Community Care in Malta, in the context of the evolving crisis in North Africa, in particularin the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The main objectives of the mission were twofold: to look intothe preparedness of the Maltese health system to cope with the public health consequencesof a potential mass influx of migrants and refugees triggered by the crisis; and to providerecommendations on how to improve international cooperation on preparedness efforts.
The WHO Regional Office for Europe assessment mission to Malta was initiated following aletter of support from the WHO Regional Director for Europe to the Minister of Health, the Elderlyand Community Care in Malta, in the context of the evolving crisis in North Africa, in particularin the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The main objectives of the mission were twofold: to look intothe preparedness of the Maltese health system to cope with the public health consequencesof a potential mass influx of migrants and refugees triggered by the crisis; and to providerecommendations on how to improve international cooperation on preparedness efforts.