Courtesy call on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health

Dr Moeti and her team paid a courtesy call on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health at the Parliament House.  She applauded the Legislature for passing the LI for Mental Health Bill (MHB) and also the increase in districts offering mental health services.  Dr Moeti mentioned that inadequate funding to support mental health programmes was a challenge in most African Countries, including Ghana.  She however advocated for more resources for Mental Health Programmes in Ghana, since according to her was a health priority which was seriously underfunded.

National Tobacco Control Committee Inaugurated

BANJUL, 17 APRIL 2018: In collaboration with the WHO Country Office and the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), the Ministry Health and The National Tobacco Committee is ready to tackle head on the growing tobacco consumption among Adults and Adolescents in The GambiaSocial Welfare this afternoon launched the

Courtesy call on Her Excellency the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo

Courtesy call on Her Excellency the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo
Dr Moeti also paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo.  She commended the First Lady’s efforts in maternal and child health in Ghana, particularly among others her support for the construction of a Mother-Baby Unit for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to ease the congestion at the maternity unit and improve outcomes for mothers and newborns. 

AFRICA VACCINATION WEEK; Prevention is Cheaper than Cure.

A group photograph with delegates at the Breakfast meeting with Minister of State for Health, ED NPHCDA, Development partners, Private sector, Business Community, philantropists & Civil societies

Nigeria, 20 April 2018 – The African Vaccination Week (AVW) is an annual event celebrated during the last week of April. It is an initiative of governments in the African region that was initiated in 2010. It is celebrated in synchronization with other WHO Regions and the World Immunization Week (WIW).The aim of AVW is to strengthen immunization programmes in the African region by raising awareness on the need and right of every person (particularly every child and woman) to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. 

Field visit to the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region.

Field visit to the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region.

Dr Moeti and her team visited the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region. She visited the District Health Directorate to interact with the District Health Management Team.  The District Director made a presentation on the performance of the district. From there the team visited the Ayikuma CHPS to give Dr Moeti the opportunity to familiarize herself with service delivery at the lower levels.

Botswana Concluded Training Using The Theory Of Change Planning Methodology To Achieve Programme Results

WCO Botswana team and the ToC Facilitator

Gaborone, Botswana – 20 April 2018: The WCO Botswana team has today completed a 5-days long intense training exercise using “Theory of Change (ToC)” planning methodology of reflection to explore opportunities for achievement of programme priorities. The exercise involved reflective exploration of causal issues driving identified health challenges including why change is needed and how it happens. The TOC is a robust and simple to apply planning tool that enables definition of broad vision results, including how intended results can be achieved.

Zimbabwe commemorates World Health Day

Cutting of the WHO 70th Anniversary cake

13 April.   Zimbabwe commemorated  World Health Day at the WHO compound in an event which saw the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of WHO as well as the launch of the Healthy Ageing Strategy. World Health Day is commemorated on the 7th of April each year to mark WHO’s founding and is an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.

WHO supports South Sudan to strengthen health promotion strategic actions

Stakeholders reviewing the draft health promotion strategy for South Sudan
In order to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of South Sudan, the World Health Organization country office for South Sudan and Regional Office for Africa are supporting the Ministry of Health and partners to strengthen comprehensive health promotion implementation. This recognises the need for health literacy, community engagement, social mobilization and multisectoral coordination. 

Getting ready for Africa’s next major health emergency

Lieutenant (Dr) Boie Jalloh
It was August 2014 and Lieutenant (Dr) Boie Jalloh was in the second week of his medical internship at the 34th Military Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The capital city had just recorded its first cases of Ebola and despite his inexperience, the 30-year old doctor was instructed to work in the hospital’s makeshift Ebola treatment unit.