WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative

28/09/2026

Thank you to the Sultanate of Oman, World Health Organization Oman - WHO Oman, World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office) for hosting this important EMT training to strengthen surge response capacities for CBRN, burns care and medical evacuation. Also thank you to AECID for their support, which enabled the critical attendance of participants from conflict-affected countries and areas in the region.

15/09/2026

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 has become the first civilian EMT in World Health Organization African Region to reach international WHO classification, a major milestone for national health emergency preparedness led by the Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute.

This achievement reflects strong leadership, years of training and capacity building, and steady commitment to WHO standards and quality of care. It also sets the stage for Ethiopia to host the 7th Global EMT Meeting in Addis Ababa this November.

Huge thanks to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for the 4-year partnership, as well as UK-Med, AECID, and INEM - Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica Portuguese and Senegalese EMTs for their support throughout this journey.

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Read more 👉 https://www.afro.who.int/countries/ethiopia/news/ethiopia-achieves-historic-who-verification-national-emergency-medical-team-becoming-first-civilian

Register for the EMT Global Meeting 👉 https://www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com/

08/09/2026

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗘𝗠𝗧 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

The EMT Global Meeting Exhibition offers a unique platform to showcase your EMT innovations, technologies, operational experiences and best practices to a highly engaged global audience — including frontline practitioners, policymakers, EMT organizations, academic institutions and humanitarian partners from around the world. It's an opportunity to connect, exchange knowledge, and contribute to advancing EMT surge capacities and systems strengthening.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 — secure your place today to be part of the conversation shaping the future of global health emergency response.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗢𝗜: https://www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com/exhibition

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: 𝟭𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

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𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗠𝗧 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀:

· 🌍 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: https://apply.emtglobalmeeting2026.com/

· 🎬 𝗘𝗠𝗧 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 open: https://filmfreeway.com/AddisEMTFilmFestival

· 📅 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 Meeting agenda available: https://www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com/schedule

· 📢 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 notification of accepted abstracts by 28 September

Stay up to date with all the latest news from the EMT Global Meeting 2026: https://www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com/announcements

26/08/2026

📢 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 — 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁!

Don’t miss this final chance to share your work at the EMT Global Meeting, showcase your research, and present best practices and experiences for improving surge systems and capacities to rapidly and effectively respond to health emergencies.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://lnkd.in/e8M5yTsh

Submission themes:
1. Policy
2. Quality improvement and standard setting
3. Capacity building and training
4. Emergency response and operations
5. Monitoring and evaluation
6. Interoperability with other surge capacities

Additional cross-cutting themes this year are: National EMTs, resource-limited settings, and lessons from setbacks or failures.

Submitted abstracts may be for oral or poster presentation.

📖 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: A selection of abstracts from the meeting will be published as a special online supplement to WADEM’s academic journal, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine on Cambridge Core.

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) is supporting abstract management for this Global Meeting.


𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗠𝗧 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻:
https://lnkd.in/eJVyRhtS





Ministry of Health,Ethiopia
Ethiopian permanent Mission Geneva
World Health Organization Ethiopia
World Health Organization African Region
WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative

19/08/2026

🙌🏼 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫.

On 19 August, World Humanitarian Day honours humanitarian workers, including the EMTs who deploy when crises strike.

We extend our appreciation to every EMT and health worker delivering care in emergencies, today and every day.

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 ➡️ https://www.un.org/en/observances/humanitarian-day
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐌𝐓 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ➡️ https://emtglobalmeeting2026.com/

17/08/2026

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 — 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁!
By popular request, the abstract submission deadline has been extended. Don’t miss this final chance to share your work at the 𝗘𝗠𝗧 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, showcase your research, and present best practices and experiences for improving surge systems and capacities to rapidly and effectively respond to health emergencies.

👉 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁: https://lnkd.in/e8M5yTsh

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀:
Policy
Quality improvement and standard setting
Capacity building and training
Emergency response and operations
Monitoring and evaluation
Interoperability with other surge capacities

Additional cross-cutting themes this year include: 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗠𝗧𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, and 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀.

Submitted abstracts may be considered for oral or poster presentation.

📖 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: A selection of abstracts from the meeting will be published as a special online supplement to WADEM’s academic journal, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, on Cambridge Core.

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) is supporting abstract management for this Global Meeting.

🌍 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻:
https://lnkd.in/eJVyRhtS




Ministry of Health,Ethiopia
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Ethiopian permanent Mission Geneva
World Health Organization Ethiopia
World Health Organization African Regionn
Emergency Medical Teams Initiative

30/07/2026

📢 Call for Abstracts — Closing Soon!

Don’t miss this global meeting opportunity to showcase your research, share evidence-based best practices, and present experiences for improving surge systems and capacities to rapidly and effectively respond to health emergencies.

Submit now: https://bit.ly/EMTAbstracts

🗓️ Deadline: 16 August 2026

Submission themes:
1. Policy
2. Quality improvement and standard setting
3. Capacity building and training
4. Emergency response and operations
5. Monitoring and evaluation
6. Interoperability with other surge capacities
Additional cross-cutting themes this year are: National EMTs, resource-limited settings, and lessons from setbacks or failures.

Submitted abstracts may be for oral or poster presentation.

📖 Get published: A selection of abstracts from the meeting will be published as a special online supplement to WADEM’s academic journal, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine on Cambridge Core.

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) is supporting abstract management for this Global Meeting.

Registrations to attend the EMT Global Meeting are also open:
www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com




Ministry of Health,Ethiopia
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Ethiopian permanent Mission Geneva
World Health Organization Ethiopia
World Health Organization African Region

22/07/2026

🎬 Coming soon to Addis: EMTs in Action

Calling all Emergency Medical Teams! Get your cameras ready and showcase your team, achievements and stories in a short film (1-2 min) for the Addis EMT Film Festival – a feature event to celebrate EMTs worldwide at the upcoming EMT Global Meeting, Addis Ababa, 3-5 Nov 2026.

Stay tuned. Submissions open soon.

For information about the EMT Global Meeting: www.emtglobalmeeting2026.com




Ministry of Health,Ethiopia
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Ethiopian permanent Mission Geneva
World Health Organization Ethiopia
World Health Organization African Region
WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative

22/07/2026

📢 Request for Assistance — Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in partnership with WHO, has submitted a request for assistance to EMT partners to respond to the Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak (https://lnkd.in/eHr-twb4).

Substantial needs remain in clinical care, infection prevention and control (IPC), WASH activities, and rapid response capacity in hard-to-reach or newly affected areas across Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo.

👉 EMT partners interested in supporting this response are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) here: https://lnkd.in/ehJmSpej

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02/07/2026