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Praia, Cabo Verde. As part of efforts to strengthen the partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and China, the WHO team in Cabo Verde paid a visit to the Chinese Ambassador in the country on 29 May to align new areas of cooperation in the health sector.

During the meeting, the potential for collaboration between the two institutions was highlighted, as well as China’s important role in supporting sustainable health outcomes in Cabo Verde.

Juba - Today, Hon. Adut Salva Kiir, Senior Presidential Envoy on Special Programmes in South Sudan, alongside the Minister of Health, Hon. Luke Thompson Thoan and the WHO Representative for South Sudan, Dr Humphrey Karamagi, visited the National Public Health Institute (NPHI), and the Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) in Juba to strengthen emergency preparedness and response capacity in the context of the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the region.

Lusaka, Zambia. Protecting ch

In light of the worrying rise in diseases linked to tobacco use, Angola is reinforcing its commitment to prevention, regulation, and the protection of young people. The Health Roundtable on Smoking, organized by World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health, and partners such as the Private University of Angola (UPRA), marks an important milestone in this collective effort.

Johannesburg — Mental health experts, policymakers, civil society organizations and partners from more than twenty African countries, meeting for the first-ever mental health intercountry meeting, have called for stronger, coordinated action to close critical gaps in mental health services in the region.

Praia, Cabo Verde. The World Health Organization (WHO) actively participated in the 2nd Summit on Health Care Integration in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), held from 13 to 15 May 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a meeting that brought together policymakers, experts and partners to promote the integration of healthcare in CPLP countries. 

Praia, Cabo Verde. With the aim of creating a learning platform to facilitate the exchange of experiences between countries and partners, gather lessons learnt, and support the development of future strategies to strengthen health fiscal policies, officials from the Ministries of Finance and Health attended a regional workshop entitled “From experience to impact: lessons and innovations in tobacco and other health taxes”. This workshop was organized by the University of Cape Town, a

Freetown - The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) have received sixteen Honda motorbikes from the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the Pandemic Fund, to strengthen public health emergency preparedness and response across Sierra Leone.

Brazzaville, Kampala, Lomé—The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with ministries of health, partner hospitals, and with support from Irish Aid, organized a series of regional training-of-trainers sessions to strengthen hospital care for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with medical complications.