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Cross-border table top exercise

PanPrep Project: Strengthening cross border emergency preparedness measures for the East African Community

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Health Worker administering Oral Cholera Vaccine to people in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Maiduguri.

Tackling cholera outbreaks in North-east humanitarian emergencies 

Maiduguri, 03 December, 2018 - “In addition to insecurity and despair, we are faced with shortages of food, we are homeless and worst still, cholera killed my h

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Moses 'Supercharger' Nsubuga

Denial and none Adherence to Treatment almost cost Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga his life

Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga, a musician and radio host in Uganda has been living with HIV since 1994.

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Honorable Minister of Health, Mrs Amina Nurhussein making remarks

The Ministry of Health Eritrea launches the National Measles Rubella Vaccination and vitamin A supplementation campaign for children under 15

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Donning and Doffing PPE for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

Getting the frontline healthcare workers in Tanzania ready to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease threat

8 - 10 October 2018, Mwanza: In this three-days  intensive Ca

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Officials from the Ministries of Health and Finance and WHO at the Tobacco Taxation workshop

WHO supports Gambia to strengthen tobacco taxation

Impact of tax policy changes on revenue and volume
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A team of experts undertaking follow up epidemiological investigations

WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and partners intensifies the health response to the yellow fever epidemic in Gbudue State, South Sudan

Juba, 1 December 2018 – Despite the ongoing complex humanitarian crises in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Ministry of

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MoHW Deputy Permanet Secretary Moses Keetile addressing the participants of the HNA TWG

Botswana takes giant stride towards Institutionalization of National Health Accounts

Gaborone, BOTSWANA - 27th November 2018: The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHw) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with

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