10 December 2018, Tripoli, Libya – WHO, together with the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, the Ministry of Health, and UNICEF, have launched a national immunization campaign targeting more than 2 million children throughout Libya, including children in refugee and migrant shelters. The campaign, which began on 8 December, and will...

9  December 2018 ─ On 6 December 2018, The Health Information Centre, Ministry of Health and Education, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), presented the findings of a study on the current status of medical and allied health education and training institutes in...

9 Decembr 2018 – On 3–6 December 2018, WHO facilitated a learning exchange study tour to the Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines in Tunis, Tunisia, on the use of WHO’s Model System for Computer-assisted Drug Registration (SIAMED) software. The tour took place as part of the European Union-funded SHAMS project.

19 November 2018 – WHO, in collaboration with the Libyan Ministry of Health, organized cascade training in Tunis, Tunisia, on 7–10 November, to disseminate knowledge for the introduction and implementation of the family practice approach in the country. The course was attended by 40 course participants, including managers and health workers from...

18 November 2018 – On Thursday, 15 November 2018, an armed group attacked a specialized urology hospital in Benghazi. They beat three female nurses and two security guards and stole valuable equipment from the hospital. This incident led to the suspension of all operations in the hospital. This is the only specialized urological hospital in the...

The workshop, the first to be organized since the conflict began in Libya, focused on diagnosis, drug management, reporting, and patient tracking11 November 2018 – The World Health Organization (WHO) held a comprehensive training workshop on tuberculosis (TB) case management in Libya between 5 and 10 November 2018. The workshop, held in Tunis...