Together with colleagues Dr. Kristine Sørensen (Global health Literacy Academy) and Dr. Faten Ben Abdelaziz (WHO, Geneva), prof Okan organized a multi-day workshop on health literacy at the WHO Regional Office EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Region) last week. Led by Dr. Asmus Hammerich, Director NCDs WHO EMRO, the event was part of a workshop series organized by the WHO CC HL as part of the WHO Global Population Health Literacy Survey. The series has already included workshops in the WHO regions AFRO (Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe) and WPRO (China). The workshop was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Health of various EMRO countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Iran and other WHO consultants from countries in the region.
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