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Over 275,000 women screened, target exceeded by 103%, and thousands of precancerous lesions treated on the spot.

Addis Ababa, 14 January 2026 – Ethiopia has celebrated the successful closure of an unprecedented month-long cervical cancer screening and treatment campaign in six selected regions, achieving and surpassing almost every target set just 30 days earlier.

In 2025, the public health system in Angola was put under severe pressure due to public health emergencies, such as the cholera outbreak that affected the country, exposing structural vulnerabilities while also creating momentum for critical reforms and strategic investments.

Ethiopia is accelerating the implementation of its Tobacco Control Proclamation through strengthened enforcement systems and coordinated multisectoral action, with the World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia Country Office playing a central role in translating policy into practice and supporting national institutions to protect communities from the harms of tobacco use.

WHO Ethiopia successfully initiated its transition to the state-of-the-art Business Management System (BMS) on 13 January 2026 by completing the first travel and expense approval through the new SAP Concur platform.

Professor Francis Kasolo, WHO Ethiopia Representative a.i. and Director of the WHO Liaison Office to the African Union and UNECA, made the inaugural approval on the BMS using SAP Concur, which manages end-to-end travel processes through an online, self-service booking system.

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Addis Ababa, 12 January 2026 – The United Nations welcomes a generous contribution of US$10.5 million (approximately ETB 1.62 billion) from the Government of Japan to support critical humanitarian response, recovery and sustainable development in Ethiopia.

Zanzibar City—The Ministry of Health Zanzibar, with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Improvement Zanzibar (HIPZ), has completed a baseline analysis of 2024 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from the national sentinel surveillance network. The work, covering Unguja and Pemba, is guiding practical improvements to strengthen routine surveillance and reporting. 

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Harare—Zimbabwe has taken a bold and historic step toward strengthening its health system with the creation of the National Public Health Institute (NPHI), aligned with global best practice and the African Union (AU) New Public Health Order. This science-driven, semi-autonomous institution is designed to enhance the country’s public health capacity and resilience.

Windhoek—During an engagement with media houses on responsible reporting of suicide and suicide attempts, the Ministry of Health and Social Services reported that 1474 Namibians had lost their lives by suicide over the past three years.

Abuja, Nigeria’s efforts to interrupt circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVPV2) by 2026 gained renewed momentum as the World Health Organization (WHO) Polio Eradication Programme (PEP) held its annual strategic retreat. The two day meeting brought together WHO zonal and state coordinators to review progress, identify operational gaps, and refine strategies to better support government-led eradication efforts in the year ahead.