Amir Elahi Johri
Ministry of Health-Oman, Oman
Biography
Amir Elahi Johri is a Public Health Physician and has extensive experience in environmental/public health. He has worked for many international and national organizations around the world. His expertise includes environmental health in emergencies, environmental and occupational health policies and strategies, environmental health risk assessment, migrants and refugees health, etc. He has worked for World Health Organization (WHO) at the national and international level. He was also engaged with International Organization for Migration (IOM) with Syrian refugees in Jordan. Currently he is the Advisor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Ministry of Health Oman. He has presented several papers at different international forums. He is actively involved in developing national environmental health and occupational policies, strategies and actions plans, as well as training and teaching of environmental and occupational health disciplines.
Abstract
Abstract : Significance of environmental health in emergencies and disasters: Lessons learnt & way forward