Sierra Leone welcomes the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines shipped via COVAX facility

Government officials, COVAX partners from the UN, EU and other partners witnessing the arrival and formal handing over of the vaccines
Sierra Leone has today received the second batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine donated by France and delivered by UNICEF through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government of Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). This French donation to COVAX is a part of Team Europe’s broader effort to ensure equitable access to vaccines in lower- and middle-income countries.

COVID-19 - WHO boosts Nigeria’s response to COVID-19, donates 26 ventilators and 3560 pulse oximeters 

The Minister (left) and WR showing some containers of the donated ventilators to journalists present at the hand-over ceremony.jpg

Abuja, 5 August, 2021 - World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 26 ventilators and 3560 fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters to support Nigeria in being better prepared for the COVID-19 third wave, currently driven by the Delta variant.

Handing over the equipment to government through the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on 05 August in Abuja, the WHO Country Representative (WR), Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo indicated that the donation is in solidarity with the Government of Nigeria on the country’s ongoing response to Covid-19 pandemic.

Liberia Launches Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 Vaccine to Boosts Vaccination Campaign

Dignitaries during the J & J COVID-19 vaccine launch ceremony in Monrovia

Monrovia, 5th August 2021:    Liberia marks another significant milestone in the fight against COVID-19 as we witnessed the launch of the vaccination campaign of  302, 400 doses of the Johnson and Jonson (J&J) COVID-19 Vaccine donated by the United States Government through the COVAX facility. The COVAX facility is a partnership of CEPI, GAVI, UNICEF and WHO to expand the COVID-19 vaccination coverage globally.

Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa

Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa
Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the continent, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows.

WHO Eritrea donated IT equipment worth 96,288 USD to MOH

Donation of IT Equipment

WHO has been working hard to provide continuous support to the Government of the State of Eritrea. To satiate the high demand and request for information technology (IT) equipment of the ministry of health that is for the procurement of computers, printers, digital camera, the World Health Organization donated desktop computers, office computer tables and printers and a camera to the ministry of health to strengthen the health system’s response. 

Ministry of Health conducts a series of consultative workshops on the review of priority health research agenda

Group Work Discussions

Starting April 2021, the Ministry of Health of the State of Eritrea in collaboration with the World Health Organization is in a process of revising a national health research agenda to be considered for the next five years (2022 – 2026). The main aim of developing priority health research agenda is to produce evidence on areas of current interest that would help the Ministry of Health in addressing its key strategic goals.