The World Health Organisation (WHO) Egypt has launched a national training-of-trainers program on mass casualty management for hospital emergency units, with funding from the UK government, WHO said.
The initiative certified 16 national instructors who immediately began training 60 health care professionals from six hospitals in Greater Cairo and Ismailia. This marks Egypt’s second such program, part of WHO Egypt’s Health Emergencies Programme aimed at boosting emergency preparedness and strengthening the country’s health system resilience.
The program uses a blended learning approach that combines digital modules through WHO Academy with hands-on, in-person sessions. The curriculum covers hospital-based planning and response fundamentals—organizing triage and treatment zones, defining emergency responder roles, activation protocols, and using action cards and checklists.
During the two-day course, participants ran tabletop exercises, refined their hospital mass casualty management plans, and presented analyses of real-world operational challenges. The training involved coordination across WHO’s three levels: headquarters, the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Egypt Country Office.
The program aims to create a pool of certified trainers who can expand emergency response capacity across Egypt’s hospital system, preparing facilities to handle large-scale incidents more effectively.
