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Stakeholder Commitment to the Elimination of Malaria

Botswana’s fight towards Malaria Elimination intensifies: Stakeholders pledge support to achieve elimination end game targets

Francistown, Botswana, 15 September 2016 - The Ministry of Health in…
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Health workers practicing real time reporting during EWARS in Borno

WHO trains health workers on Early Warning and Alert System in Borno State

Maiduguri, 12 September 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO)…
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In Mingkaman, the “EWARS in a box” kits arrive by UN helicopter. Due to poor road conditions access to more remote areas or those in conflict is only possible by air, especially during the rainy season

WHO and partners battle multiple disease outbreaks in South Sudan

Infectious diseases continue to pose a major public health threat in…
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Community resource persons (CORPs) from newly liberated areas participate in group discussion during a training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Maiduguri, Borno State WHO/ P Ajello

Nigerian Crisis Situation Report, 12 September 2016

WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and State…
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President Muhammadu Buhari vaccinating a child with OPV during the flag off of the Katsina State September 2015 SIPDs at his residence in Daura town on 5th September 2015

As President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrates further commitment to Polio Eradication, Governors Masari and Ganduje kick off polio campaigns in Kano and Katsina states

Abuja 09 September 2015: The highest level of commitment to polio…
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Urgent Call for HOA Countries to Avert Polio Importation

Nairobi, September 9, 2016 - The Horn of Africa Polio Technical…
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Health committee of the 10th Parliament to work closely with Health Development Partners

The World Health Organization (WHO) a member and secretariat for the…
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OMS/Eugene Kabambi

WHO’s response to cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC has, from early 2016 to September, registered a cumulative total…
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