Situation Update After nearly five years of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, health continues to be a major priority among affected populations and as such, Health Cluster partners continue to work...
It has been eight months since an outbreak of Ebola was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province. Since then, this outbreak has become the country’s most severe. Over...
1. Highlights EVD vaccination exercise completed in Yei River State. Since the launching of vaccination on 28 January 2019, a total of 1, 261 healthcare workers and frontline workers in Yei River...
Asmara, Eritrea March 18, 2019: The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, today called on Expanded Programme on Immunization managers in the 20 East and Southern African countries to...
18 March 2019, Juba – The World Health Organization and partners conducted a joint inter-cluster needs assessment mission in Dulamaya, Rokon town, South Sudan to address the health needs of over...
The first National Action Plan for Health Security launched Addis Ababa, 15 March 2019 | The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia launched the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2019...
HIGHLIGHTS Improving Health Access and Scaling up Responsiveness In January 2019, mobile medical teams reached 1,643 beneficiaries in hard to reach through Inter-cluster Rapid Response Mechanisms-...
In 2018, three countries in the Region of the Americas (Colombia, Haiti, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) reported confirmed cases of diphtheria. In 2019, Haiti and Venezuela reported...
Overview Current measles outbreak started late 2017 in Mindanao. In 2018, 21,812 cases were reported with 202 deaths. Outbreak and supplementary immunization activities in 2018 were ineffective in...
Overview This Weekly Bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 65 events in the...