EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre SHOC Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

Stated objective of the SHOC “To provide a facility for an emergency team, disease surveillance and outbreaks team and key decision makers to operate in the event of an emergency situation, disease outbreak or crisis of any nature.” EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

Functionality of the SHOC Ability to communicate via e-mail, telephone, fax, satellite phone, high frequency radio using one or the other as an alternative and backup; Ability to access high speed the internet (broadband); Ability to access satellite television broadcasts (six screens at a time); Ability to use wireless laptop computers (25) and wired (10) in any part of the Room; EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

Functionality of the SHOC Ability to print, photocopy and scan; Ability to display multiple images on a 8-screen display system and 4 separate plasmas; Ability to display data from database management systems, presentations, graphics, images, etc; Ability to access political and geographical maps of all the 22 member states with ability to zoom into specific location (city, village, site as much as possible); Ability to access hands-free telephones with incoming from multiple sources; EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

Functionality of the SHOC Ability to access video conference facilities; Ability to link for broadcast and interactive communication with other videoconference and meetings rooms and offices of Directors in the Regional Office; Ability to connect to other situation rooms in HQ, ROs and member states; Ability to function 24 hours, 7 days. EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

WHAT DO WE HAVE NOW?

EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC) Three rooms One main room with the screens and major functions; One small videoconference room; One control room. EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC) Equipment Locations EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC)

EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC) Control Room Server Room Control Room DVD Rec. PC 1 Preview Mon. DVD Rec. Autopatch Optima 20 RGBHV in 20 Stereo Audio in 20 RGBHV out 20 Stereo Audio out VHS Rec. PC 2 VHS Rec. SHOC SHOC VW Processor C D C FB1 FB2 FB3 Lect. Laptop Speakers i u FB4 FB5 FB6 Simpodium s b C C p e Plas4 Plas3 Plas2 Plas1 Autopatch Modula 24 SVID in 24 Stereo Audio in 28 SVID out 28 Stereo Audio out Server Room Server Room VC Codec VC Codec Tel Sys In (Future use) Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Videoconference Room Videoconference Room Tieline1 XAP800 Audio Mixers 12 Analog in 12 Analog out XTI 2000 Amplifier Tieline1 Tieline2 Tieline2 CXA4 Amplifier XAP800 Audio Mixers 12 Analog in 12 Analog out Kuwait Conf Studio Studio Kuwait Conf CXA4 Amplifier Tieline1 Tieline1 Tieline Tieline2 XAP TH2 (Analog Tel) Line Tieline2 Tieline Tieline3 EMRO Strategic Health Operation Centre (SHOC) Tieline3 10

Ability to establish simultaneous connection to multi-sites;

Ability to connect with other rooms in the Regional Office;

Ability to display dynamic maps of area(s) affected by a crisis;

Ability to display dynamic online data coming from the area(s) affected by a crisis;

Ability to locate personnel, facts, maps, archives, etc; Show the Telephone directory with search ability

Ability to scan and display international television networks coverage of crisis;

Ability to connect and use the full resources of the Regional Office local area network and the Internet;

Ability to record complete sessions for review and lessons learnt;

I invite you to make full use of this resource Thank you for your time

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