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Mbabane—The Kingdom of Eswatini has successfully completed its second Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) capacities. The JEE is a voluntary, collaborative, and multisectoral process designed to assess a country’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond swiftly to public health risks, whether they arise naturally or from deliberate or accidental events.

Nairobi, Kenya – The World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa launched the Health Labour Market Analysis (HLMA) Support Tool to assist countries assess their health workforce education capacity, supply, demand and need for health workers and facilitate integrating health workforce planning into Health Labour Marker Analysis.

Harare - On 3 October 2024, Zimbabwe marked the belated World Health Day and the 50th anniversary of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), a significant milestone in its public health journey. The dual commemoration provided an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in improving health and well-being in the country, while also acknowledging the work that still needs to be done to promote health for all Zimbabweans. 

In a joint mission with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted an important assessment of health services in refugee settlement in Lunda Norte province, Angola, from 30 September to 2 October. This mission aimed to evaluate the quality and collaboration of health services provided at the Lôvua Refugee Settlement, a home to thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2017. 

During the week of 16 to 19 September 2024, an audit team from the World Health Organization (WHO) Laborator