Sierra Leone concludes mandatory International Health Regulation annual reporting for 2019

Multi-Sectoral Workshop for IHR State Party Self-assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) 2019, JEE Self-assessment Score card 2019 and Development of 2020 NAPHS Operational Planning and monitoring.
Sierra Leone has completed its 2019 self-evaluation to determine the country’s health security capacities as required by the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). A comprehensive multi-sectoral approach was used to fill the mandatory IHR State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) tool. The SPAR obliges countries to report annually to the World Health Assembly on their progress and compliance with implementation of the IHR requirements.

Seychelles adopts the World Health Organisation’s Package of Essential Non-communicable diseases interventions

Group photo of Technical Working Group and WHO Experts who facilitated the introduction of PEN in Seychelles

Seychelles, 2nd December 2019 - Seychelles is strengthening its Primary Health Care services through implementation of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Package of Essential Non-communicable disease interventions (PEN). This Seychelles PEN project was officially launched on 29th November 2019 by the Minister for Health, Jean-Paul Adam, at the Seychelles Hospital, Victoria.

African First Ladies laud progress against HIV, urge more efforts

African First Ladies laud progress against HIV, urge more efforts
Six African First Ladies today renewed their commitment to ending childhood AIDS in Africa by 2030 and keeping their mothers healthy. This came during a high-level meeting organized by the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) on the sidelines of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Kigali, Rwanda.

South Sudan reviews the National Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response

Participants of the IDSR training poses for a group photo in Juba

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) reviews the integrated diseases surveillance and response.

In a two-day consultative meeting from 25 - 26 November 2019 in Juba, stakeholders reviewed the performance of the Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) program.

Eritrea Observed World AIDS Day 2019

Honorable Minister of Health - Mrs Amina Nurhussien and a section of the participants

World AIDS Day 2019 was observed in Eritrea on 30 November 2019 under the theme “Communities make the difference” in Asmara at the Orotta conference hall with enthusiasm. This year was the 25th anniversary to mark the day in Eritrea.

WHO supports Angola’s Government efforts to end polio outbreak

During polio vaccination campaign in Lunda Norte-Angola

Luanda, 3 December 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are supporting the efforts of the Angolan Government to end a polio outbreak that started in May this year. Polio is a viral disease, that is transmitted from person to person, mainly through a faecal-oral route or, less frequently, through contaminated water or food, and multiplies inside the intestines.

Establishing the spreading of trachoma in rural Namibia

Trachoma causes blindness in poor rural communities.

Trachoma, an infectious eye disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is a public health problem in 44 countries, and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people. About 142 million people live in trachoma endemic areas and are at risk of trachoma blindness. The infection is transmitted by direct or indirect transfer of eye and nose discharges of infected people, particularly young children who are the principal reservoir of infection. The disease is also spread by flies.