Main objective:

The project aims to develop the capacity of the School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (SMAHS) of the University of The Gambia by developing the skills and enhancing the number of national academic medical staff, as well as improving medical teaching facilities of the SMAHS.

Beneficiary Institution:

School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences of the University of The Gambia.

Provider Institution:

Yildirim Beyazit University in Turkey.

Partners:

SESRIC, Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).

Expected Outcomes:

The project will enable the SMAHS to improve its medical teaching and learning environment by increasing the number of well-trained medical staff and improving the teaching labs and training facilities.

Activities:

The activities conducted under the Project are as follows:

Venue	Date	Information
SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara - Türkiye	09-10 May 2023	SESRIC Organised the Orientation Workshop on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” in Collaboration with the CDC and CDC Foundation
Virtual-SESRIC, Ankara - Türkiye	09 December 2020	Webinar on ‘Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and TQS-Youth’
Ankara - Türkiye	27-29 March 2019	Study Visit on ‘Mortality Statistics’ to Turkey
Ankara - Türkiye	12-15 November 2018	Workshop on ‘Transforming Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Data to Action’
Banjul - Gambia	11-15 December 2017	Infection Control and Quality Management Course Programme
Khartoum - Sudan	26 November - 01 December 2017	Emergency and Disaster Medical Services Training
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	06-07 November 2017	The 12th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Health
Islamabad - Pakistan	18-20 September 2017	Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Pakistan
Putrajaya - Malaysia	22-24 August 2017	Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Malaysia
Nouakchott - Mauritania	18-20 July 2017	Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Mauritania
Male - Maldives	09-10 July 2017	Training Course on ‘Health Statistics’ in Maldives
Istanbul-Turkey -	17-31 January 2017	Training on Emergency Obstetrics and C-Section in War
Ramallah - Palestine	09-13 January 2017	Training Course on ‘Health and Safety Management System and Risk Assessment Methodologies’ in Palestine
Khartoum - Sudan	25-29 December 2016	Training Course on 'Health Statistics' in Sudan
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	20 December 2016	Fatwa on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) issued by IIFA
Nouakchott - Mauritania	19-23 December 2016	‘Improving Occupational Health and Safety in Mauritania - Support for Legislation Development: Study Visit to Mauritania’
Istanbul - Türkiye	14-16 December 2016	Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States
Istanbul - Türkiye	02-04 December 2016	World Muslim Health Societies Congress
Casablanca - Morocco	30 November - 01 December 2016	Consultation Meeting for the OIC Maternal Health and Child Survival Project
Bandung - Indonesia	15-18 November 2016	Training Workshop on Vaccine Management System
Bandung - Indonesia	14-15 November 2016	Third Meeting on Vaccine Manufacturers Group
Istanbul - Türkiye	26-28 October 2016	Conference on Employment of Persons with Disabilities in OIC Member Countries
Tunis - Tunisia	26-29 September 2016	Study Visit on 'Health Statistics' in Tunisia
Ankara - Türkiye	05-09 September 2016	Study Visit on ‘Enhancing the Medical Teaching Environment for The Gambia’
Amman - Jordan	17 August 2016	SESRIC signed MoU with the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET)
Amman - Jordan	16-17 August 2016	OIC RMNCH Network Expert Group Meeting
Amman - Jordan	15-16 August 2016	NCD Alliance/WHO EMRO Capacity Development Workshop
Ankara - Türkiye	18-23 July 2016	Technical Training Course on 'Occupational Health for Albanian Experts' in Turkey
Istanbul - Türkiye	10 May 2016	Panel Session on ‘The Role of National and International OSH Organisations’
Istanbul - Türkiye	10 May 2016	3rd Meeting of the OIC Occupational Safety and Health Network (OIC-OSHNET)
Istanbul - Türkiye	08-11 May 2016	VIII. International Conference on Occupational Safety and Health
Ankara - Türkiye	05 May 2016	Study Visit on ’Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Istanbul - Türkiye	03-04 May 2016	3rd International Congress of Technology Addiction
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei	26-28 April 2016	Training Course on ‘Occupational Hygiene: Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene’ in Brunei Darussalam
Lahore - Pakistan	18-20 April 2016	Training Course on ‘Occupational Safety and Health Management System: Hazard Identification Risk, Control Risk Assessment, Incident Investigation and Reporting’
Istanbul - Türkiye	14 April 2016	First Ladies’ Leadership on Cancer Control
Antalya - Türkiye	06-10 April 2016	18th Intensive Care Congress
Manama - Bahrain	05-07 April 2016	Training Course on ‘Occupational Health: Chemical Exposure’ in Bahrain
Muscat - Oman	04-06 April 2016	Training Course on ‘Occupational Safety and Health in Construction Sector and Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene’ in Oman
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	02-03 March 2016	The 11th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Health
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	29 February - 01 March 2016	The 4th Meeting of Lead Country Coordinators
Izmir - Türkiye	28 February - 10 March 2016	Training Course on ‘Emergency and Disaster Medical Services’ in İzmir
Ankara - Türkiye	14-18 December 2015	Technical Training Course on ‘Occupational Hygiene and Safety’
Ankara - Türkiye	02-04 December 2015	First Expert Meeting of the OIC Network on Population and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child Health (OIC RMNCH Net) was kicked off
Istanbul - Türkiye	18 November 2015	Panel Discussion on ‘NGOs Involvement in the Improvement of Health Services in OIC Member States’ during the 5th ICHM
Istanbul - Türkiye	17-19 November 2015	SESRIC launched the OIC Health Report 2015 in Istanbul during the 5th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Istanbul - Türkiye	17-18 November 2015	Expert Meeting on ‘Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Medical Devices’
Istanbul - Türkiye	17-19 November 2015	5th Session of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Istanbul - Türkiye	16 November 2015	Tenth Meeting of the OIC Steering Committee on Health (SCH)
Istanbul - Türkiye	14-15 November 2015	The 3rd Meeting of Lead Country Coordinators
Jakarta - Indonesia	28-30 October 2015	General Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) was endorsed
Dhaka - Bangladesh	11-13 August 2015	Training Course on 'Health Statistics' in Bangladesh
Dakar - Senegal	25 July - 08 August 2015	Phaco Training Project in Senegal
Baku - Azerbaijan	27-29 April 2015	Technical Mission on 'Integration of Tobacco Questions for Surveys: Module 2 – Sampling Methods' to Azerbaijan
Cotonou - Benin	20-22 April 2015	Training Course on 'Health Statistics' in Benin
Istanbul - Türkiye	25-26 February 2015	9th Meeting of Steering Committee on Health
Kampala - Uganda	10 February 2015	Habib School of Medicine of International Islamic University of Uganda Officially Launched
Ankara - Türkiye	19-21 January 2015	Inaugural Meeting for the Maternal and Child Survival Project
Khartoum - Sudan	23-25 September 2014	Training course on ‘Occupational Hygiene’
Ankara - Türkiye	02-03 April 2014	Consultative Meeting on 'Development of Joint Cooperation Activities in OIC Member Countries in the area of Maternal, New-born and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCH)'
Istanbul - Türkiye	26-29 March 2014	6th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH)
Jakarta - Indonesia	25-26 March 2014	8th Meeting of Steering Committee on Health (SCH)
Jakarta - Indonesia	24-25 March 2014	The First Meeting of the Lead Country Coordinators
-	February 2014	8th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Health
Jakarta - Indonesia	22-24 October 2013	OIC Strategic Health Programme of Action 2014-2023 (OIC-SHPA) has been adopted
Jakarta - Indonesia	22-24 October 2013	SESRIC launches the OIC Health Report 2013 in Jakarta during the 4th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (ICHM)
Jakarta - Indonesia	22-24 October 2013	4th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (4th ICHM) adopted Resolutions on Tobacco Control
Jakarta - Indonesia	23-24 April 2013	Sixth Meeting of the OIC Steering Committee on Health
Ankara - Türkiye	18-19 February 2013	Experts Advisory Group Meeting on the Draft OIC Strategic Health Programme of Action (OIC-SHPA) 2013-2022
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia	01-02 October 2012	First Technical Meeting on the Development and Harmonization of Standards on Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines among OIC Member States
Erzurum - Türkiye	20-21 June 2012	Study Visit on 'Tobacco Control Policies'
Erzurum - Türkiye	20-22 June 2012	6th Conference on Tobacco or Health
Ankara - Türkiye	05 April 2012	H.E. Ahmad Kasim Al-Ansi, Minister of Public Health and Population of the Republic of Yemen, visited SESRIC
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	31 January - 01 February 2012	Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Astana - Kazakhstan	29 September - 01 October 2011	Third Islamic Conference of Ministers of Health: Health, Wellbeing and Equality
Astana - Kazakhstan	29 September - 01 October 2011	Dr. Savas Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, participated in three Panels during the 3rd Islamic Conference of Ministers of Health
Astana - Kazakhstan	28 September - 01 October 2011	Fourth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	22-23 January 2011	Third Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates	12-14 October 2009	Training Course on 'Health Statistics' in UAE
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia	06 April 2009	Meeting with Roll Back Malaria Partnership
Tehran - Iran	01-04 March 2009	The 2nd Session of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (ICHM)
Tehran - Iran	28 February - 05 March 2009	2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (ICHM)
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia	19-20 January 2009	1st Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (ICHM)
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia	12-15 June 2007	First Islamic Conference of Health Ministers