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Dr. Moses K. Jeuronlon, DPC Cluster Lead, reading the WHO Regional Director for Africa WDD message during the indoor program in Monrovia

Liberia Commemorates World Diabetes Day

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African countries test their capacity to respond to a deadly global flu pandemic

African countries test their capacity to respond to a deadly global flu pandemic

10 African countries participate in a global simulation exercise to test their capacity to respond to a deadly flu pandemic.
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Public Health Emergency reporting training participants

A big move in bridging journalists and Public Health Emergency: WHO Ethiopia trains Journalists on PHE reporting

WHO Ethiopia trains journalists on public health emergency (PHE) reporting from Nov 19-20, 2018; at Bishoftu Liesak Resort. The training was facilitated by Senior Producer at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and Yimer Dawod Deputy Editor – in-Chief at Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) who have been trained in Nirobi by WHO AFRO in 2018.
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Panalist of the 3rd Antibiotics Day conference

Ethiopia marked the 3rd World Antibiotic Awareness Week  

This year’s  World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW)  commemoration event was organized by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Adminis

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Team Building workshop participants from WHO Ethiopia central team

WHO Ethiopia conducts a team building workshop: “One team, one goal!”

WCO conducted a one day team building workshop on 22nd Nov, 2018 at Desalegn Hotel in Addis Ababa. The objective of this workshop was to enhance team spirit, staff motivation and morale, improve the ability to solve problem of the country office through individual contribution, and overall improves the organizational productivity towards contributing to the new ways of working in WHO.
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Moses 'Supercharger' Nsubuga

Denial and none Adherence to Treatment almost cost Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga his life

Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga, a musician and radio host in Uganda has been living with HIV since 1994.

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Honorable Minister of Health, Mrs Amina Nurhussein making remarks

The Ministry of Health Eritrea launches the National Measles Rubella Vaccination and vitamin A supplementation campaign for children under 15

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Donning and Doffing PPE for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

Getting the frontline healthcare workers in Tanzania ready to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease threat

8 - 10 October 2018, Mwanza: In this three-days  intensive Ca

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