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WHO Ethiopia hosts the Polio Outbreak Response assessment team

WHO Ethiopia hosts the polio outbreak response assessment team

ADDIS ABABA, 17 July 2023 | The polio outbreak response assessment (…
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Partial view of participants at the AAR meeting in Liberia

Liberia Successfully Concludes a Three-Day COVID-19 After Action Review Symposium

Monrovia, 19 July 2023 - The Ministry of Health in Liberia has…
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WHO supports Rodrigues outer island to conduct risk profiling workshop using the Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks (STAR)

The Rodrigues Health Commission, Mauritius Ministry of Health and…
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WHO Zimbabwe Country Representative a.i Professor Jean-Marie Dangou(Left),Dr. Patience Maunganidze, MoHCC Deputy Director of the Mental Health Department (middle) and Friendship Bench Director Professor, Dixon Chibanda

Mental Health Revolution in Zimbabwe: FRIENDZ Project Aims to Reach 1 million People

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe - Like most Sub-Saharan…
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National Medicines Policy Reviewed and Validated

National Medicines Policy Reviewed and Validated

The Ministry of Health, with support from WHO convened the health…
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Team Zambia Successfully Trained on Implementation of Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMS) Pilot Study

Team Zambia Successfully Trained on Implementation of Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMS) Pilot Study

In a significant step towards strengthening Zambia’s health system…
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Multi-hazard Emergency, Preparedness and Response Plan disseminated in districts

Multi-hazard Emergency, Preparedness and Response Plan disseminated in districts

In the wake of several public health events that have unfolded in the…
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Polio message placard

WHO calls for a high-quality supplementary vaccination campaign to boost polio immunity in under 15 children in Malawi

Lilongwe - The World Health Organization has called on government,…
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Donor Partner Monitoring Field Trip Sparks Confidence

Donor Partner Monitoring Field Trip Sparks Confidence

On 10 July 2023, a partner monitoring field visit was conducted in…
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Once children are protected against polio, they are marked on their fingers to confirm their vaccination status

Africa’s polio certification commission calls for urgent action to bolster vaccination

Kinshasa – With 117 confirmed cases of circulating variant…
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