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Asawka recovering at the treatment unit at Ferede Health Centre, Afar

Timely intervention saves beautiful Asawka’s life

When five year old Asawka Ahmed started showing signs of acute watery…
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Dr Sujeet from WHO Intercountry Support Team making a presentation

Eswatini health workers trained on Adverse Events Following Immunization surveillance

Health workers from different health facilities in the Kingdom of…
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A woman and her child in Yendeya Village displaying her child's measles vaccination card. Photo credit: WHO/S. Gborie

Targeted vaccine campaign underway to interrupt measles outbreak in remote northern Sierra Leone

KABALA, 7 July 2018 --- On 3 July 2018, the Ministry of Health…
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Group photograph of Participants of the NAPHS meeting

Ghana advances towards developing a National Action Plan for Health Security

Ghana has made tremendous progress towards the development of a…
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Batwa Chief Ilinga Bopope Lopaka Lomba with his grandchildren and other family members

An inclusive response: reaching Batwa communities to combat Ebola

6 July 2018 Dr Bijoux Sambu Fiti is part of the surveillance team…
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Cross session of students during the parade on World Drug Day in Monrovia

Liberia Commemorates World Drug Day

Monrovia, 26 Ju
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PMO Training - WCO Botswana team

Resource Mobilization Training for WHO staff in Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana - 06 July 2018: As part of ensuring the…
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Facilitators guiding the group work s

Management of severe acute malnutrition mainstreamed into health workers’ pre-service training curricula in South Sudan

Juba 2 July, 2018 – In South Sudan, it is estimated that 7.1 million…
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