Sao Tome and Principe News

São Tomé  - A Organização Mundial da Saúde lançou ontem a sua Estratégia de Cooperação com São Tomé e Príncipe para o período 2023-2027.

O governo, as agências das Nações Unidades, o corpo diplomático, a sociedade civil e altos responsáveis do Ministério da Saúde, do Trabalho e dos Assuntos Sociais tomaram parte no evento.

As part of the celebration of the WHO 75th anniversary, , the Health district of the Caué organized a community outreach health services called “Health Fair” this Saturday 15 April  in Angolares city.

On 7^th April 2023, the world celebrated the World Health Day and the 75^th anniversary of the World health organization under the theme Health for All.

External Competency Assessment for Malaria Microscopists (ECAMM) Workshop - 09 to 20 January 2023

The WHO Country office in São Tomé and Principe organized a 3-day retreat in April 2022 with all staff. The goal was to contribute to maintain an organizational climate conducive to the achievement of better health outcomes. The retreat aimed to highlight the Organization's values and mission, provide greater integration between the teams and the supervisors, promote internal commitment for achieving better health outcomes, review the previous year's performance, and project the objectifs and results to be achieved in the current year.

São Tomé, 30  September 2021 – São Tomé and Príncipe has fully vaccinated 10% of its population against COVID-19, reaching the September global target by the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed at widening and accelerating vaccination and helping to turn the tide against the pandemic.