Ghana’s Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service with support from WHO and other Partners officially launched the 6th African Vaccination and Child Health Promotion Week

Dr Afisa Zackaria delivering the Keynote Address on behalf of the First Lady of Ghana

Delivering the key note address on her behalf by the Chief Director of the Ministry of  the Ministry of Health Dr Afisa Zackaria, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs Lordina Mahama, mentioned that tremendous progress had been made in the domain of reducing childhood illnesses and deaths and preventing the spread of vaccine preventable diseases.

Coordination Meeting Conducted at National Polio Laboratory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The National Polio Laboratory Addis Ababa

A coordination meeting was conducted at the National Polio Laboratory in Addis Ababa on April 5, 2015. The participants of this meeting included the Head of the Polio and Measles Laboratory, senior laboratory experts, and staff from WHO. The purpose of the meeting was to review the 2015 polio and measles laboratory performance.  

Africa to Intensify Cancer Control through Cancer Registries

33c9ae729bd7093b805986575b87216b_XL.jpgCollecting patients’ data in a comprehensive national registry is key to improved and effective cancer care in Africa. This was the main conclusion of a recent workshop held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The workshop brought together health authorities and cancer control experts from 19 francophone African countries.

Immunization will not be successful without Women Health Workers

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Health workers in Ethiopia are mostly women and they are playing a key role in immunization. In addition to many other responsibilities that they have, they are serving their communities by immunizing their children against vaccine preventable diseases towards saving lives of millions of children. Polio vaccination campaigns in Ethiopia rely on the commitment of local health workers who visit each and every house to ensure that no eligible child is left behind.

WHO Ethiopia Supported AEFI Causality Assessment TOT

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Central EPI Team members supported the Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority (EFMHACA) to conduct a training of trainers (TOT) on Adverse events following immunization (AEFI) causality assessment for regional task force members in Adama town. The TOT was conducted in two rounds from 28th March - 1st April, 2016 and from April 12-15, 2016 respectively.

Inter-Regional Workshop on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage

Participants of the inter-regional workshop on household water treatment and safe storage
An Inter-regional workshop on strengthening evaluation, regulation and implementation of Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) was held in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa 3-5 May 2016. More than 50 participants from the Ministry of Water Irrigation and Electricity, Ministry of health, WHO, UNICEF and HWTS manufacturers attended the workshop. The participants were from Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana.

African Vaccination Week ends in Nigeria with calls on Government to improve immunization and surveillance activities in security compromised areas and international borders.

Abuja, 09 May 2016 - The African Vaccination Week (AVW) ended in Nigeria with World Health Organization (WHO) calling on the Federal and State Governments to improve immunization and surveillance activities in conflict affected areas of the North East and at international borders. This call was made by the WHO Country Representative (WR) Dr Rui Gama Vaz at the official launch of the AVW in Abuja.