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Dramatic increase in tobacco control policies

WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade

19 July 2017 – In a new report published today, WHO finds that about…
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Participants at the meeting with the WHO Representative, a.i., Dr. Custodia Mandlhate (centre ), Director Public Health at MOH, Dr. Kennedy Malama (right) and IST ESA IVD Cluster lead, Dr. Daniel Fussum (left)

Zambia hosts the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) review meetings on the status of implementation of immunisation and surveillance plans and the WHO performance accountability framework

The WHO Country Office in Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry…
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Mobile teams deliver healthcare to more than 400 000 in remote areas of north-eastern Nigeria

Mobile teams deliver healthcare to more than 400 000 in remote areas of north-eastern Nigeria

Among many women who brought their children to the WHO-supported…
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A nutritionist does MUAC screening as part of the organisation’s contribution to mark the UN Day

5 places where WHO needs more emergencies funding to help people now

To help people living in some of the world’s most dire emergency…
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Stakeholders Flag-off critical campaign in final onslaught against polio.

Sokoto, 08 July 2017 - Governors, Legislators, the Sultan of…
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WHO and partners conducting an assessment at Don Bosco Gumbo Oral Rehydration Point

WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and health partners strategizes efforts to combat cholera in South Sudan

Cholera contributes substantially to the disease burden in South…
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(L-R) ED NPHCDA, the Sultan and Emir of Argungungu at the NTLC meeting

Paramount rulers in the Northern Nigeria recommit to improving health indicators in the region.

Sokoto, 10 July 2017 - Paramount rulers under the umbrella body,…
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The Risk Communication Team in a discussion with a group of men in the affected community

WHO responds to new acute watery diarrhea outbreak rumour in a remote zone in Somali region of Ethiopia

Jjiga City, Somali Region - In disease outbreak situations, rumours…
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