... quality healthcare to seafarers regardless of nationality. He is a trustee of ISWAN and in 2016, The Norwegian Centre for Maritime and Diving Medicine appointed Dr Idnani as an affiliate Senior Medical ...
... International Maritime Health Foundation. Former positions include: Head of NCMDM, Medical adviser to the Norwegian Maritime Authority, Medical adviser to the Norwegian Coastal Administration ...
Marit Grønning, MD, Neurologist. Director of Department of Occupational Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen. Leader of the National Center for Surveillance of the health of occupational divers. ...
Norwegian citizen, born 1945. Medical school 1963-1969 in Rostock. Full-time surgery in Norwegian hospitals 1972-2012. Board-certified general surgeon (1979) and pediatric surgeon (1992). Master of Health ...
... support to International SOS clients, the coordination of medical transportations and support of Remote Health Care sites across the region. Ryan undertook his medical training in South Africa with ...
... became active in international maritime health both through the International Maritime Health Association and as a specialist adviser to the International Labour and International Maritime Organisations. ...
... Guide on board. WHO/ILO Tripartite Meetings and Consultations. Stage 2007 in Brussels Health Directory DG Research 7FP International Cooperation – European Commission. Co-Director of the Master in Maritime ...
... medical aspects of international competitive sailing, including the Olympic Games. He is the owner and managing director of Medical Support Offshore Ltd, which provides support for superyachts, racing ...
... in a circular dated October 2014[2]. In this circular it is required that “the seafarer’s doctor shall have a quality system in accordance with an internationally recognised standard. This could for instance ...
... at meetings, or individual audits from the maritime authority. Only a few national maritime authorities approved doctors outside their own borders. The best known are the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Norway. ...
... hazards that are unusual on merchant ships. The standards and criteria are strictly national, although some similarities can be found, especially between countries belonging to the same military alliance. ...
... a clear violation of international antidiscrimination agreements and national antidiscrimination legislation of many countries. Today HIV positive individuals can live a normal life without having a risk ...
... incidents, however, are of utmost importance to the assessment. The maximum validity period of a medical certificate according to the international conventions[2] [3] and guidelines[4] today, is two ...
... conditions in the international guidelines emphasizes this fact. Positive selection At the point where negative selection concludes, positive selection starts. All those who are regarded as fit after ...
... there would be no international recommendations for minimum health requirements for seafarers, leaving us with a wilderness of less substantiated and less useful requirements. Colour vision requirements[6] ...
... Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948 by the United Nations general Assembly, is now regarded as well-established international law in most countries, whereas other countries disagree, ...
... The international process of development was initiated by the ILO shortly after its establishment in 1919[7], with the “Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 (No. 16), followed by ...
... at specific conditions and how to assess them. For more detailed guidance on how to assess a seafarer against the criteria and standards, we refer to the guidance documents issued by national maritime ...
... ports and harbours, using their local geographic and administrative knowledge plus ship manoeuvring experience. Training and qualifications International standards International Maritime Organisation ...
... type I diabetes, asthma and epilepsy should not dive. There are some variations between different national guidelines regarding the specific health requirements for professional diving[1] [2]. There ...