Brunei co-hosting 1st Sub-Regional BIMP Exercise Management Training Workshop

The Ministry of Health is co-hosting the First Sub-Regional BIMP Exercise Management Training Workshop being held from Monday to Friday at the Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong.  The workshop involves four ASEAN sub regional countries - host Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Republic of the Philippines.  The workshop is aimed at strengthening cross-sectoral linkages in projects implemented by the ASEAN member states.

The Exercise Management Training Programme is a project initiated by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre as the technical partner.  Its related workshop is held in collaboration with Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the ASEAN+3 Emerging Infectious Disease Programme and the Australian Government Overseas Aid Programme.  The objective of the programme is to build the capacity of people responsible for the exercise management for preparedness, prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.  The sub-regional BIMP workshop is designed to train national personnel responsible for developing and conducting the BIMP exercise.

The Acting Senior Medical Officer at the Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Health, Pengiran Dr. Haji Hishamuddin bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Badaruddin said that the aim of the workshop is to develop the capacity and capability of the participants from all four ASEAN countries and their sectors in exercise management as well as to conduct and evaluate the various forms of exercise.  Present at the opening ceremony was the Acting Director General at the Ministry of Health, Dr Hajah Kalsom binti Haji Abdul Latif.

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