Kebbi, 25 February, 2016 - Buoyed by renewed political commitment, the Kebbi State Ministry of Health (SMOH) and the World Organization (WHO) are coordinating the establishment of a strong partnership for the control of type C Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) which is now common in Nigeria following series of MenAfrivac campaigns that displaced type A meningitis.

Cape Town, 25 January 2016 – A historic five-day workshop organized jointly by WHO, UNICEF and JSI, MCSP/USAID on Exchange of Best Practices to Reaching Every District/Community (REC), equity and integration of child survival interventions in East and Southern African (ESA) kicked off on Monday 25 January, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Addis Ababa, 25 February 2016 – With one in five African children lacking access to all needed and basic life-saving vaccines, ministers of health and other line ministers countries committed themselves to keep immunization at the forefront of efforts to reduce child mortality, morbidity and disability.

Monrovia, 25 February 2016 - Almost 8,500 Liberian health workers have been trained in delivering safe, quality care as part of a Ministry of Health program aimed at rebuilding trust in a health system that was devastated by the Ebola outbreak.

Ahead of first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa, new report highlights progress and challenges toward providing universal access to immunization

World Health Organization and African Union call on the continent to unite to make vaccines a priority for Africa’s future

Officials at Addis conference plan transition from mass campaigns to use in childhood immunization programs to prevent resurgence of deadly epidemics

Sierra Leone is once again counting down the days until the latest flare-up of Ebola can be declared over. As part of the inter-agency response to the flare-up, dozens of people who were in contact with two individuals who had tested positive for Ebola were isolated and placed under medical observation. With the monitoring period now over, they are breathing a sigh of relief as their lives get back to normal.

Read the full story

Abuja, 19 February, 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has handed-over ambulances and other Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) equipment and supplies procured by funds from the Africa Development Bank (AfDP), to the Federal Ministry of Health for onward distribution to states, health facilities and relevant agencies.

Pretoria, 17 February 2016 - The WHO Country Office in South Africa and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are making oral submissions to the Competition Commission's Market Inquiry into Private Healthcare on 17 February 2016 in Pretoria.

Final Report

Summary Document

Juba, 17 February 2016 -  The Ministry of Health, and the WHO Country Office, concluded a one-day Consultative Meeting on the Boma Health Initiative (BHI), a strategy adopted by the MoH to strengthen community health systems and the 2016/2017 work plan.

The purpose of the meetings was to generate a common understanding of the WHO approved work plans for 2016/17 biennium, to explain the main deliverables of the WHO work plans for biennium and to agree on WHO strategy and plan of action for implementation of the BHI.