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Dr. Henry Nwanja facilitating a training of primary health workers on Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) in Maiduguri, Borno state. (Photo credit: WHO/K.Igwebuike).

WHO spearheads provision of mental health services in primary healthcare facilities

Maiduguri, 15 December 2017 - For the first time since…

WR ai addressing the STOP team during the debriefing

The Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program contributes to sustain Polio eradication in South Sudan

14 December, 2017, Juba: South Sudan has been polio-free since June…

L to R Minister holding key in hands after receiving the key from WHO Representative to Ethiopia

WHO Ethiopia donated six vehicles to Ministry of Health

World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia donated six vehicles to…

Dr Wamala in a group photo with the vaccinated community members

South Sudan implements the second round of Oral Cholera Vaccination to enhance outbreak response efforts in high risk locations

Juba, 14 December 2017: Cholera in South Sudan remains an…

Signing ceremony for partnership

Amid protracted and widespread violence, WHO partners with National NGOs to improve immunization coverage and save the lives of women and children in South Sudan

Juba, 15 December 2017: The World Health Organization (WHO) is…

Practical session on proper use of PPEs in outbreak response

South Sudan adopts a new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90 percent by 2030

Juba 11 December 2017: In South Sudan, cholera continues to hit…

Mr Evans Liyosi delivering a speech during the review meeting.

South Sudan is getting closer to becoming free from Guinea-worm disease

Juba, 11 December 2017: With the aim to achieve the target of zero…

Cross-section of participants at the Advanced IPC follow-up training in Monrovia

The Ministry of Health and World Health organization Conclude a 3-day advanced Infection Prevention Control (IPC)Follow Up training Workshop for County and Hospital IPC Focal Persons