Last week in Amman, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) convened the Region’s first workshop to launch the All-Hazards Information Management (AIM) Toolkit and build artificial intelligence (AI) literacy for emergency information management.

Led by WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean  – with support from the Berlin Hub and WHO headquarters — the initiative signals a new phase in emergency information management, with a focus on speed, consistency and responsible use of AI.

The workshop brought together representatives from 20 countries across the Region, including ministries of health, WHO regional and country office teams and technical experts in AI and health information systems. Participating partner organizations included the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the Robert Koch Institute, the American University of Beirut, Qatar Charity, Jordan’s National Center for Security and Crises Management (NCSCM) and the Gulf, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Centres for Disease Prevention and Control.