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Angola has taken a decisive step towards strengthening national health security by completing the 2025 State Party Annual Report (SPAR), a central instrument of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005).

Nairobi - Kenya is taking a significant step toward strengthening its emergency response capacity, becoming the second country in Africa to develop a military emergency medical team.

The Kenya Defence Forces, the Ministry of Health, and the World Health Organization held a two-day Governance Orientation Workshop this week to advance the development of the country's first Type 2 emergency medical team, a specialised unit capable of providing advanced medical care in the aftermath of disasters and disease outbreaks.

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Nairobi - For the first time, Kenya has measured how children under five are growing, learning, and developing as part of a major national health survey, a move that could reshape how the country designs and delivers support for its youngest citizens.

Morogoro – Tanzania is taking a decisive step to strengthen its frontline health workforce by introducing a Standardized Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Content Addendum for preservice training programs. This initiative will ensure that every graduate in Health and Allied Sciences and Community Health Worker (CHW) programs enters the workforce equipped with essential skills in case detection, reporting, data analysis, outbreak investigation, emergency preparedness, and risk communication.

Jimma, Ethiopia | 27 February 2026 — Jimma University is advancing national efforts in Ethiopia to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the Local Production of Antibiotic Disc (LoPAD) project, an innovative initiative supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) under the Leap Engage Accelerate Disrupt (LEAD) Innovation Challenge Program.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Professor Francis Chisaka Kasolo has officially begun his tenure as WHO Representative to Ethiopia, the African Union, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa after presenting his credentials to H.E. Dr. Aziza Geleta, Director General of Protocol Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - In a landmark step toward strengthening national health security, Ethiopia officially launched the digitalization of its Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) system, marking significant progress toward establishing the Public Health Emergency Management Center of Excellence (PHEM-COE).