WHO convenes orientation meeting for the Uganda National Malaria Control Program
Jinja, 24th August 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Uganda has organized a four-day retreat to orient the new and old National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) staff. Through funding from Department for International Development (DFID), Global Fund, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) and other partners, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has recruited a number of staff and received more staff seconded by WHO and UNICEF.
Pioneering methadone programme in Dar es Salaam gives hope to thousands
24 August 2016 - In a discreet corner of the Mwananyamala District Hospital grounds, in the United Republic of Tanzania’s largest city Dar es Salaam, a group of young people queue outside a small window for their daily dose of methadone. Others are taking refuge from the intense heat in the few shady spots available in the dusty yard behind the low building housing the clinic.
Ghanaian health workers use mobile phones to collect real-time maternal health data
24 August 2016 - Mavis Tabi-Boateng, a midwife at a health centre in Watreso, Ghana, often sees patients who travel long distances for antenatal care visits. During these visits she checks to see if the mother and baby are healthy.
The High Level Meeting on Tobacco Taxation Policy in the African Region kicked off in Kigali
Kigali, 23rd August 2016 : The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda, organized at Kigali, Rwanda, a two days workshop, from 23rd to 24thAugust 2016, on Tobacco Taxation in the African Region.
New report on public financing for health in Africa
23 August 2016 – Fifteen years ago, African leaders pledged to increase health spending to 15% of total government expenditure. Since then health spending has reached an average of 10%. Still, as economies have grown, a number of challenges are hampering progress towards universal health coverage.
Ministry of Health conducts a training workshop on the National District Information System (DHIS2) for WHO Country Office staff
Lusaka, 24th August 2016 - WHO Country Office staff are undergoing a training course on the National District Health Information System from 22-27 August 2016. The training which is facilitated by trainers from the Directorate of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health is intended to equip the WHO staff with skills on how to use the web-based health facility database called District Health Information System (DHIS2) and to provide access rights for using the facility.
Hukumar Lafiya Ta Duniya ta fada aikin jinkai a yankunan da a ke fama da masu tayar da kayar baya a yankin arewa masu gabas na Najeriya
Kananan hukumomi 15 daga cikin wadanda a ka kwato daga hannun ‘yan tada kayar baya na cikin mawuyacin hali na bukatar kulawa da lafiya
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Nigerian Crisis Situation Report, 22 August 2016
Emergency team met key health sector partners on the ground; OCHA, MSF, ICRC and UNFPA to review health response and coordination.
Estimated 750,000 - 800,000 persons in dire need of health sector interventions in the newly liberated areas of Borno state.
Access constraints continue to hamper delivery of health care in many parts of the Northeast.
WHO scales up response to humanitarian crisis in Nigeria
22 August 2016 – A WHO emergency health team has arrived in Maiduguri city, north-eastern Nigeria, to assess and respond to the health needs of 800 000 people in the area. WHO and partners will work with local officials to urgently reduce the rates of death and disease caused by malnutrition, disease outbreaks, and a long-term lack of access to basic health services.