WHO Renews QAC’s Designation as “Regional Collaborating Centre for Quality & Patient Safety Training”
Muscat, 22 September 2026 (ONA) —
The Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman recently achieved a milestone by through the renewal of the Quality
Assurance Centre (QAC)’s designation as a “World Health Organization’s
Collaborating Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Training in the Eastern
Mediterranean Region”. The QAC’s affiliation to the international
organization has been renewed for the third 4-year term, from 2026 to 2030.
The renewal of the Quality Assurance
Centre’s partnership with the WHO has been the outcome of the Centre’s fulfilment
of all technical and administrative standards approved by the WHO.
The Quality Assurance Centre in Oman
is deemed the first institution of kind to be awarded the designation of “WHO Collaborating
Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Training in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region”.
This renewal affirms international
confidence in Omani national personnel and underlines the Oman-WHO strategic
partnership aimed at enhancing healthcare systems in line with the Region’s
plans and priorities vis-à-vis capacity building and transfer of WHO’s expertise
to member states.
— Ends/Bishara