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Libya concludes a month of activities to mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017
Students from the faculties of medicine and pharmacy at the University of Tripoli presented the results of their research on antibiotics use at the concluding event in a series of activities held to mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week 201714 December 2017, Tripoli – The Libyan Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the National Centre for...
WHO conducts workshop on strengthening health information systems for patients living with HIV/AIDS in Libya
11 clinicians and IT experts from the National Centre for Disease Control and medical centres and hospitals across Libya attended the workshop12 December 2017, Tunis – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the National Centre for Disease Control in Libya, conducted a two-day planning workshop on strengthening health information...
WHO delivers urgent medical supplies to the International Rescue Committee
10 December 2017 – The World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Libya delivered on 8 August 2017 to International Rescue Committee (IRC) 4 basic units of International Emergency Health kits (IEHK) and one supplementary IEHK which are standardized kits of essential medicines, supplies and equipment. These kits will meet the basic health...
Essential medical supplies arrive in Benghazi to support under-served people
7 December 2017, Tunis – In continuation of its response to the emergency situation in Libya, the World Health Organization has provided this week basic Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) with supplementary kits to Benghazi where 750 000 people are located in addition to hundreds of internally displaced families. These supplies have been...
WHO delivers much needed medical supplies to underserved areas in southern Libya
6 December 2017, Tunis ‒ The WHO country office in Libya has delivered much needed medical supplies to Fazan Medical Supply warehouse in Libya to meet the health care needs of thousands of the underserved population of the southern parts of the country. The medical supplies, currently being distributed to hospitals and medical centres in the...
Training workshop to enhance capacities of medical waste management in Libya
10 November 2017 –The EU-funded WHO project “Strengthening Health Information System and Medical Supply Chain Management (SHAMS)” has engaged with the WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA), a centre of excellence for environmental health, in a training workshop to enhance the capacities of Libyan health workers in waste...
