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ITF TARGETS FOUR WORST FLAGS ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN100 CREW ABANDONED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS

Contributed by Nebojsa Nikolic The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) announced that up to a thousand ships flagged to the CookIslands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections acrossthe Mediterranean Sea in the coming 8 weeks by an army of inspectors from the ITF, seafarers’ unions and […]

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ILO/IMO MEETINGS 2024

Contributed by Nebojsa Nikolic The Joint International Labour Organization/International Maritime Organization (ILO/IMO) Tripartite Working Groupto identify and address seafarers’ issues and the human element will convene in the first and last quarter of 2024. Dateand place still to be confirmed.Also, in the first quarter in Geneva: Meeting of Experts to produce joint ILO/IMO Guidelines for

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WHO WEBINARS

Contributed by Klaus Seidenstücker For all maritime health care professionals, it is essential to keep abreast of epidemiological/infectious disease developments. The World Health Organization offers at regular intervals webinars. See for more information and registration/subscription: www.who.int/teams/epi-win/epi-win-webinars.

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NEWS ON COVID-19 FROM WHO

Contributed by Nebojsa Nikolic (Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO’s]) Globally, as of 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease2019 (COVID-19), including 6,956,173 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of 20 August 2023,a total of 13,499,865,692 vaccine doses have been administered.On WHO press conference on global health issues

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) LAUNCHED THE WHO ONLINE REPOSITORYOF EVIDENCE-INFORMED DECISION-MAKING (EIDM) TOOLS

Contributed by Nebojsa Nikolic The World Health Organization (WHO) online repository of evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) tools (https://evidence-impact.org/) is the first of its kind to highlight WHO tools and external tools utilized by WHO to facilitate knowledgetranslation and partner organizations involved in planning, managing, monitoring, and evaluating the process of evidenceuse and implementation. This tool will

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