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WHO and Libya’s Ministry of Health Sign Strategic Collaboration Framework to Strengthen the National Health System
Tripoli, Libya – 5 May 2026 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Libya’s Ministry of Health today signed a Strategic Collaboration Framework for 2026–2027, marking an important step toward strengthening the country’s health system and advancing progress toward universal health coverage. The agreement was signed in Tripoli by H.E. Dr Mohammed...
WHO validates elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Libya
Photo credit: National Committee for the Prevention of blindness, Ministry of health Libya Geneva | Cairo | Tripoli, 18 February – The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, a landmark victory for public health in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region. This hard-won achievement...
WHO brings health care to Libya’s most vulnerable
24 July 2025, Alkufra, Libya – In the dusty alleys of Mazraat Kreek, one of the most underserved communities in Libya’s southeast, a quiet shift in health care is unfolding. Not in hospitals or clinics, but on people’s doorsteps. With a knock at the door and a warm greeting, community health workers (CHWs) have been making their rounds in Alkufra as...
WHO supports a measles and rubella vaccination campaign across 15 municipalities in southern Libya
Director of the Immunization Programme Dr Salem Shneishih administers the measles vaccine to a child targeted by the campaign in Sebha municipality, Libya. Photo credit: ©NCDC LIBYA22 July 2025, Tripoli, Libya – On 19 July, the National Centre for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC), in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
With WHO support, Libya launches a comprehensive review of its National Immunization Programme
7 May 2025, Tripoli, Libya – With support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Centre for Disease Control has launched a comprehensive desk and field review of Libya’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). The review, which began on 3 May 2025 and will continue until 15 May 2025, is being conducted in partnership with the...
WHO enhances access to community health in Al Kufra, Libya
A community health worker checks a Sudanese refugee's blood pressure in Al Kufra, part of a WHO-led effort to expand health care access in southeastern Libya. Photo credit: WHO Libya23 April 2025, Tripoli, Libya – To improve health outcomes for displaced Sudanese families in southeastern Libya, the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with...
