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WHO trains core team to conduct a pilot in Enteric-fever surveillance

The World Health Organization (WHO) trained health workers in surveillance for Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD).

(L-R) Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, Dr Tony Chan, Dr Alex Gasasira and Minister Stanford Wesseh

Malaria indicator survey 2016 for Liberia launched

Monrovia, 16 September, 2016 - The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health with support from partners launched the 4th National Malaria Indicator S

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WHO supports MoH to build capacity of medical practitioners and government departments in Medical Certification of cause of Death and ICD Coding

The Ministry of Health and Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with support from WHO and UNICEF convened a three day training at Paradise Hotel on the Nile, Jinja to adopt the to

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Uganda Ministry of Health launches the National Coordination Committee for Tuberculosis

The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng launched the National Coordination Committee (NCC) for Tuberculosis (TB) at the Ministry of Health (MoH) headquarters in Kampala.

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 Botswana and the World Health Organization convened a three day meeting, for over 100 healt

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) has supported the Borno State Ministry of Health (SMOH) to establish Early Warning Alert and Response System (

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 South Sudan.

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 Ministry of Health, Borno trained 28 community resource persons (CORPs) from newly liberated areas on Integrated