Eritrea News

WHO Eritrea, Asmara 1st December 2008: World AIDS Day 2008 was nationally commemorated under the theme “Enhancing Community Role in the Prevention of HIV/AIDS,” on December 1, 2008 in the town of Ghinda, Northern Red Sea Region.

In the occasion, representing the Honorable Minister of Health, Mr. Birhane Gebretensae, Director General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, stated in his speech that Eritrea has registered encouraging achievements in stabilizing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the past years.

Asmara, 25 February 2009 – In an effort to strengthen the primary health care of the country to effectively manage NCDs, WHO in collaboration with the MOH has conducted a four day training workshop for Health Workers to field test WHO Package of Essential NCDs intervention (WHO PEN).

“Protecting our health facilities to remain functional during emergencies will surely save lives,” said Dr. Luis G. Sambo, WHO Regional Director for Africa.

Asmara, 7 April 2009 - The Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO Eritrea commemorated World Health Day on the grounds of Halibet Hospital in Asmara on the 7th of April 2009 under the theme “Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies.”

To better harmonize data collection, validation and analysis for the 2009 Global Report on Health Sector Response to HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health (MOH) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners has conducted a consensus building workshop on 6th March 2009.

WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS will jointly publish for 2009 a report on the global progress in scaling up the health sector response to HIV/AIDS towards universal access, including HIV services for women and children.