Policy dialogue on bioethics discussed

MUSCAT: As part of Unesco’s Bioethics Programme, in particular Assisting Bioethics Committee (ABC) training, a three-day national workshop on “effective policy dialogue on emerging bioethics issues in Oman” commenced at SQU on Sunday. The workshop is aimed at strengthening the capacity of Omani National Committee in the area of policy dialogue on bioethics related issues.

More specifically, the workshop seeks to strengthen the knowledge of current and future members of the Omani National Bioethics Committee in formulating effective working mechanism towards policy-making and public awareness raising on emergency bioethics issues. It is also aimed at regulating policies and mechanisms of consanguinity practices; and global ethics and the role of National Bioethics Committee.

The workshop, hosted by SQU, is organised by Unesco and the Omani National Bioethics Committee in coordination with the National Commission for Unesco in Oman. In addition to Omani experts specialised in bioethics, the workshop features three international experts Dr Aissatou Toure, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, France; Dr Mohamed Salah ben Ammar, former minister of health in Tunisia; and Dr Mariam Dashti, Assistant Professor in Molecular Medicine at Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. The workshop will continue until April 4.