Strengthening health emergency response capacity in Kiribati: establishing the Kiribati Medical Assistance Team (KIRIMAT)

Sean T Casey; Anthony T Cook; May M Ferguson; Erin Noste; Katarake T Mweeka; Tabutoa Eria Rekenibai; Wendy Snowdon

doi:10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.6.1013

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Sean T Casey World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines; School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-3643
Anthony T Cook World Health Organization Division of Technical Support, Suva, Fiji https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3420-0652
May M Ferguson World Health Organization Division of Technical Support, Suva, Fiji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9667-3191
Erin Noste World Health Organization Division of Technical Support, Suva, Fiji https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3709-7857
Katarake T Mweeka World Health Organization Country Liaison Office for Kiribati, Tarawa, Kiribati https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-7032
Tabutoa Eria Rekenibai Ministry of Health & Medical Services, Tarawa, Kiribati https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-4521
Wendy Snowdon World Health Organization Country Liaison Office for Kiribati, Tarawa, Kiribati https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4920-6678

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https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.6.1013

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emergency medical team, disasters, disease outbreaks, Kiribati

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This article describes the development of a formal national Emergency Medical Team (EMT) in the Republic of Kiribati. It details how Kiribati’s Ministry of Health & Medical Services committed to establishing this deployable clinical response capability, and how support from the World Health Organization and United States Agency for International Development enabled the establishment of the Kiribati Medical Assistance Team, or KIRIMAT.

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