PUBLLIC HEALTH UPDATES
World Health Organization and the International
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and IFRC Secretary-General Mr Jagan Chapagain signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on implementing the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) initiative.
“We thank the IFRC for their support from the onset of the EMT Initiative
and we look forward to this continued partnership in improving the quality
of care in emergencies,” said Dr Tedros.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant increase in emergencies
around the world, this agreement could not come at a better time.”
Mr Chapagain said IFRC was committed to working side-by-side with WHO
in providing life-saving health services to communities affected by
humanitarian emergencies.
“This MoU will allow us to standardize our emergency health response
work and provide increased support for National Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies which play such a crucial role in emergency response,” Mr Chapagain said. “We are very committed to working together with WHO to provide quality
emergency health services that communities desperately need in times of
crisis.”
The MoU, also known as the Red Channel Agreement, is the culmination of
years of collaboration between IFRC and the WHO Emergency Medical Team Initiative.
The new agreement will bring more synergies to health emergency
response between the two international organizations, particularly in
technical standards, accountability, and coordination.
It aligns the IFRC’s system with that of the WHO Emergency Medical Teams global classification system, in doing so recognizing the IFRC’s Emergency Response Units as
EMTs and heightens the involvement of IFRC teams and National Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the capacity building efforts of the
EMT network.
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