3 September 2018 – Violence in southern Tripoli, Libya has left almost 50 people dead and more than 125 others injured and in need of urgent, life-saving medical care. The situation remains volatile, and increasing number of casualties are anticipated in the coming days. Attacks on health care have also been reported, with a physiotherapy centre...

30 August 2018 – In the interest of improving planning, management and monitoring medicines and other supplies management capacity in Libya,  a joint government and WHO assessment was conducted in a public warehouse under the European Union-funded “Shams project.” 

14 August 2018 – WHO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Libya, is conducting a one week training workshop from 13 to 17 August 2018 for Ministry of Health primary health care (PHC) programme managers who work at various level of the health system in Libya. The workshop is being funded by the United Kingdom's Department for...

9 August 2018 –  The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered a supply of anti-tuberculosis medicines to Tripoli. In total 12 types of the provided medicines will enable the treatment of adult and child cases of TB, including cases of multidrug-resistant TB.  The WHO supplies, dispatched in response to critical humanitarian needs, were handed...

2 August 2018 – “Thank Allah, you saved my son’s life,” says Mohamed’s father while to hugging his 3-year-old son who just received treatment at Obari hospital after having been stung by a  scorpion while playing with his brothers and neighbours in front of his home. 

30 July 2018 – On 28 July, 2018, the Health Information Department, Ministry of Health, with support from WHO, UNICEF and International Organization for Migration initiated an extensive task of introducing district health information system (DHIS2) all over the country. After completion of training of a core team on administrative functions of...