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A cross section of families affected by the 2015 flooding in Freetown

Sierra Leone health sector better prepared against seasonal flooding

Flooding from torrential rainfall is the most common form of natural disaster in Sierra Leone and regularly causes significant  damage and harms people's health, especially

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Global Laboratory Initiative to build capacity in Africa

Kampala, 25th July 2016 - The Global Laboratory Initiative Africa (GLI-Africa) has introduced a framework to coordinate partners and activities basing on the Tu

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Mr. Billy Mweetwa, Essential Drugs and Medicines Advisor at the WHO Country Office, making a presentation at the conference

Third Annual Pharmacy Research Conference held in Zambia

The third Annual Pharmacy Research Conference was held in Lusaka from 19th - 20th July 2016 under the theme ‘Reducing Disease Burden through Pharmaceutical Care and Research’. The conference was convened by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) and was supported by the World Health Organization, Zambia AIDs Related Tuberculosis Project (ZAMBART) and other Cooperating Partners . The conference brought together close to 100 participants from government and private institutions including academia and the Pharmaceutical Association of Zambia.
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WHO and Ministry of Health expand cholera response to minimize future risk

Juba, 25 July 2016 - In a move to prevent a cholera outbreak from spreading, the Ministry of Health of South Sudan with support from the World Health Organizati

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Hon Minister Makgato administering Albendazole suspension

Botswana successfully launches the measles rubella campaign

Botswana has successfully launched the introduction of the Measles Rubella vaccine introduction and Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIA) in the capital city Gaborone on Mon

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Closing Statement by the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Bernard Valentin, at the end of the 2-day Seminar

“We have done a lot of work during the past few days. More than you would even imagine!

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Minister of Health Mitcy Larue making her opening address

Opening remark, Minister of Health Mitcy Larue at the Person-Centred Care Symposium

“I bring the full endorsement of the government of Seychelles as we embark on this crucial symposium on person-centered care.

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Group photo of senior officials and facilitators (Photo courtesy Nicholas Shamlaye MoH)

WHO supports the conduct of two days symposium on Person-Centred Care

Seychelles has placed the improvement in the quality of services its population receives as one of the key policy thrusts that will consolidate the achievements of Universal Hea

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