The Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) convened a donor conference to disseminate the eHealth Policy, Strategy and Implementation Plan, present the Enterprise Architecture Concept & Health Information Exchange and Resource Mobilization Strategy, and harmonize the eHealth implementation work plan for sustainability.

Abuja, May 4th 2018 – As the World prepares to celebrate the 2018 World Hygiene Day with the theme, “Save Lives, Clean Your Hands”, Mrs Toyin Saraki, the President and  founder of Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), today paid a courtesy visit to the Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WR) Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu. 

The meeting was aimed at enhancing collaboration between WBFA and WHO on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) campaign to improve basic hygiene practices in healthcare facilities and schools across Nigeria. 

Dar es Salaam, 27 April 2018: A four-day face to face workshop to provide strategic direction, capacity building and strengthening of the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) National Focal Points (IHR, NFPs) in the World Health Organisation, African region took place last week in Dar Es Salaam.

Dar es Salaam, 9-13 April 2018: Theory of Change is an ongoing process of reflection to explore why change is needed and how it happens. It is a broad vision of what results would be achieved and how they will be achieved. ToC aligns well with the on-going organizational transformation in WHO –which focuses on delivery of results with clearer links to better health outcomes. WHO Transformation effort aims to change the way we work together globally so that WHO is better aligned to serve people and communities around the world.

Kampala, 3 May 2018:- The Government of Uganda is conducting a campaign to vaccinate more than 360 000 people against cholera in six hotspot areas of Hoima district with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. 

The immunization drive is part of efforts to control an ongoing cholera outbreak which has affected both refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and host populations and will use vaccines dispatched from the GAVI-funded global stockpile.

Zanzibar, 8 April 2018: The 70^th anniversary of World Health Day, 7^th April 2018 was colorfully commemorated in Kijini Village, about 60 kilometres from Zanzibar town, in the presence of Honorable Hamad Rashid Mohamed, Minister of Health, Principal and Deputy Principal Secretaries of the MOH, District Commissioner for North A, Directors, village administrators and the community.

Juba 27 April, 2018: The Republic of South Sudan hosted a joint cross-border multi-sectoral disease surveillance meeting in Nimule, South Sudan from 24-26 April, 2018. Experts drawn from human, animal, environmental health and immigration sectors of South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya deliberated on mechanisms to strengthen implementation of cross boarder disease surveillance and outbreak response in the region.  

The "theory of change" workshop, was held from 2 to 5 April 2018 at Hotel Asmara Palace to all 23 WHO staff in Eritrea, facilitated by Mr Semere Gebregiorgis (HSS focal point). The workshop aimed to strengthen knowledge and capacities for the application of results-based management (RBM) in general and theory of change (ToC) in particular.

FREETOWN, April 29, 2018 --- This year’s African Vaccination Week, on the theme ‘Vaccines Work! Do Your Part!’ has been celebrated across Sierra Leone, including a major event to engage community and religious leaders, mothers and civil society organizations at the Satellite Hospital in Freetown. The event was coordinated by the Pikin to Pikin Movement and the Children’s Advocacy Forum with support from the NGO Focus 1000 and Niyel.