Ministry of Health – Türkiye Humanitarian Action Overview

2020 in Terms of Public Health

Şeyma Arslan

Dr., Ministry of Health, Arnavutköy District Health Directorate

Mustafa Taşdemir

Prof. Dr., Ministry of Health, General Director for Health Promotion

As a result of pneumonia cases of unknown origin being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), a new virus from the coronavirus family was detected at the beginning of 2020. Cases of those infected with this virus were seen on many continents. WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak on March 11, 2020.1 As of December…

Medical Rescue Efforts in 2020

Eray Çınar

Dr., Ministry of Health, General Director of Emergency Health Services

The importance of disaster preparedness is better understood through the lessons that emerged from the Marmara earthquake in Turkey, which is exposed to many human- and nature-related disasters; serious disasters have been initiated on disaster preparedness and response, especially since 2003. Emergency health services, being an important component of disaster response, are aimed to be…