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Training on promotion of key MNCH household and community practices

Displaced persons: WHO empowers health workers on maternal and child survival techniques

Abuja, 25 April 2016 - Given the dire need for quality and…
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The ED of NPHCDA(right) addressing journalists on 2016 AVW while WR (3rd left) and other dignitaries listen

African Vaccination Week: Government teams up with journalists for universal coverage.

The Federal government of Nigeria has officially launched the sixth…
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Lofa County Superitendent administering bOPV

Liberia embraces the Oral Polio Vaccine SWITCH

Monrovia 23rd April - The Ministry of Health Liberia embraced the…
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Retrieved tOPV vials waiting for boil and bury in Abia

Unprecedented support pervades as Nigeria officially “switch” to bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine

Abuja, 22 April 2016 - Nigeria has successfully conducted the ‘switch…
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African countries withdraw type 2 component of polio vaccine

Brazzaville, 22 April 2016 – As the world gets closer to gl
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PHEM focal persons and partners in Afar National Regional State receive training on EWARS

Afar Regional Health Bureau in Ethiopia Receives Training on EWARS to respond to health and Nutrition Emergency

Samara, 20 April 2016 – The WHO Ethiopia Country Office (WCO Ethiopia…
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Review and finalizing the All Hazard Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

A 3-day workshop to review and finalize the All Hazard Health…
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Ghana hosts a two day Meeting on Preventive Chemotherapy for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Accra.

Ghana hosts a two day Meeting on Preventive Chemotherapy for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Accra.

Accra, Ghana - A two-day meeting for the Neglected Tropical…
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