South Sudan set to vaccinate targeted healthcare and frontline workers operating in high risk states against Ebola
Juba 8 December, 2018 – The Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), DFID, GAVI vaccine alliance and other partners, is set to vaccinate targeted healthcare and frontline workers operating in high risk states bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against Ebola virus disease (EVD) as part of national preparedness efforts.
Niger vaccinates 152,000 people against cholera in high-risk areas
Liberia Commemorates World Diabetes Day
Monrovia, 14th November 2018: The World Diabetes Day was commemorated in Liberia on 14th November under the theme “The Family and Diabetes”.
Eritrea Observed World AIDS Day 2018
World AIDS Day 2018 was observed in Eritrea on 1 December 2018 under the theme “Know your Status” in Keren at the stadium with enthusiasm. This year was the 30th anniversary to mark the day. The event was started with a very detailed, clear, attractive and educative presentation on current situation of HIV/AIDS both at global and national levels, by Dr Araya Berhane, Head of the communicable diseases control division.
Ethiopia launches Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for 14 year old girls
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 Administration and Authority (FMHACA), Veterinary Drug and Animal Feed Administration and Control Authority (VDFACA), National Animal health Diagnostic and Investigation Center (NAHDIC), Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), WHO, FAO and USAID/ Global Health Supply Chain Programme – Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) collaboratively with “One Health approach”.
WHO Ethiopia conducts a team building workshop: “One team, one goal!”
African countries test their capacity to respond to a deadly global flu pandemic
A big move in bridging journalists and Public Health Emergency: WHO Ethiopia trains Journalists on PHE reporting
PanPrep Project: Strengthening cross border emergency preparedness measures for the East African Community
WHO is working with the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) under the “Support to Pandemic Preparedness in Region” (PanPrep) project to examine methods of testing preparedness assumptions through the use of cross-border simulation exercises.
WHO has been selected to plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate two simulation exercises, including one tabletop and one full-scale exercise. Both exercises are designed to test cross border preparedness measures in the EAC region.