WHO donated laptops to the Namibia Statistics Agency to produce its second Cause of Death Report
WHO donated 10 Dell Latitude 5320 Laptops, valued at two hundred and eleven thousand Namibia Dollars (NAD 211,169.61) to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) to support the completion of the 2nd Cause of Death Report for Namibia.
Tanzania concludes its Second Intra Action Review for COVID-19 response
Morogoro, 21 - 24 February 2022: In line with recommendations of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the Ministry of Health in the United Republic of Tanzania, with technical support from WHO and other development partners including UNICEF, USAID, British Council, JSI and CDC, has concluded the second intra action review of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New push to drive up Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination
More than 45 000 people benefit from free health care services in Chipinge and Chimanimani
Chimanimani, Zimbabwe - Over the past two years more than 45 000 people in the Cyclone Idai affected communities have benefited from free integrated health and Gender Based Violence (GBV) services provided by WHO, UNICEF, UNOPS-CI and UNFPA under the Zimbabwe Cyclone Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP).
Seychelles and the World Health Organization signs joint two-year workplan
Victoria—Seychelles and the World Health Organization signs joint two-year workplan to further support the country strengthen its health system and achieve national health.
WHO provides medical supplies to the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar
23 February 2022, Zanzibar: The World Health Organization in Tanzania handed over to the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar medical equipment and supplies to support national efforts in battling the COVID-19 pandemic and Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Island.
A JOINT GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA AND UNITED NATIONS ETHIOPIA HIGH LEVEL MISSION VISITS DROUGHT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN SOMALI AND OROMIA REGIONS
A joint high-level mission led by the Ministries of Health and Agriculture and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), joined by UNICEF, visited drought-affected woredas (districts) in Somali and Oromia regions on 21 and 22 February 2022 to reaffirm the commitment of the Government and the United Nations in Ethiopia to a robust drought disease outbreaks response.
North East Nigeria - providing essential health intervention in hard-to-reach communities one step at a time
Maiduguri, 19 February, 2022 - Relieved and smiling, Hassana Isa recounts the ordeal her daughter (Fatima), had to go through in the past months. Two years old Fatima living in the Kwaya-kusar Local Government Area, with her parents in Borno State was ill and frail, when she was identified malnourished by a team of mobile health care services providers carrying out health intervention in the locality.
WHO supports operational research capacity to boost prevention of antimicrobial resistance in Sierra Leone
Health Development Partners retreat to reflect on priority areas to focus on in support of the health agenda in Uganda
Kampala, 18 February 2022 - The Health Development Partners (HDP) group in Uganda held its annual retreat to reflect on the areas the group would like to focus on and support the Ministry of Health to promote the health and well-being of people living in Uganda in 2022.