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Eritrea, 7 August 2019 - Asmara, new WHO Representative to Eritrea Dr Martins Ovberedjo presented his credentials to the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, His excellency Mr Osman Saleh and the Minister of Health, Her excellency Mrs Amina Nurhussien.

One of the areas that needs to catch up in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is laboratory services.  A lack of investment, insufficient technical assistance and a shortage of diagnostic tools pose a challenge to the scale-up of interventions, particularly in WHO’s African Region.

Abuja, 06 August, 2019 - Nigeria’s  Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH and  in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and key stakeholders has launched the first National Multisectoral Action Plan (NNMSAP) for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) for the country on 06 August, 2019.

Juba, South Sudan, 04 August 2019 – Over 120 health workers in South Sudan have been trained this past week with the aim to keep the country at zero cholera. The country is amid the rainy season, commonly known as cholera season due to frequent flooding contaminating drinking water and infecting people with the cholera bacteria.

Kigali, August 1 2019 --- The Ministry of Health confirms that Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, following traffic slow-down this morning as measures were put in place to reinforce screening procedures and public safety at entry points.
 

Abuja, 30 July, 2019 - As Nigeria and other countries commemorate the 2019 World Hepatitis Day (28 July) with the theme “Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis”, stakeholders agree that early detection and childhood vaccination will curb the burden of the disease by 2030.

As part of the commemorative events, a Ministerial press briefing held on 30 July 2019 during which the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) Alhaji Abdullahi Mashi said, “It’s sad to note that Nigeria bears a huge burden of viral hepatitis”.  

Abuja, 30 July, 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to map resources for the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) using the WHO Resource Mapping Tool (REMAP).

MOH and WHO conducted medical devices registration guideline consensus building workshop at National Confederation of Eritrean Workers’ Conference Hall in June 2019. Medical devices including In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) constitute a vital component of healthcare products and healthcare technologies that contribute to the attainment of the highest standards of health for all people living in Eritrea.