Gaborone, Botswana - 28 November 2017: A capacity building training for the members of the Botswana national EMTCT Validation Committee (NVC) was held in Gaborone from 22-24 November 2017. The committee was appointed by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to help spearhead assessment and compilation of a country report on efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis.

In line with the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Eritrea launched its first antibiotics awareness week campaign this year (13th – 19th November). The ceremony was held on November 13, 2017 at Orrota National Referral Hospital Conference Hall.

Juba 23 November, 2017: As a commitment to providing quality, affordable, effective and efficient health services at all levels, the Ministry of Health with support from WHO and other health partners, has embarked on harmonizing health indicators for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and ascertaining health information data quality across the states and counties in South Sudan. 

The tenets of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underscore the critical nature of having mechanisms to ensure effective health facility management strategies and systems to assure quality of service. It is in line with these objectives that the training of the hospital managers was conducted, following the training needs assessment in September 2017. From this assessment, 17 topics were selected that were deemed as high priority.  

Brazzaville, 24 November 2017 - With growing momentum to ensure that everyone has access to good quality health, planning experts from 27 countries of the Region met in Brazzaville to agree on how to implement a Framework of Action adopted by African Ministers of Health at their annual meeting in August 2017.

Gaborone, BOTSWANA - 24 November 2017: A seven person delegation from Ghana is in Botswana to benchmark on Health Promotion and Health in All Policies. The weeklong visit has seen them engage with the Ministry of Health and Wellness where they learnt about the structure and functions of the Health Promotion and Education Division within the context of the Ministry and in collaboration with other sectors. They also toured a national exhibition of Poverty Eradication projects under the Office of the President.