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WHO and Italy forge partnership to prevent and control arboviral and zoonotic diseases in Libya
31 October 2023, Tripoli, Libya – WHO and the Italian Embassy in Libya have signed a “One Health” (1) agreement on the prevention and control of arboviral and zoonotic diseases in Libya, in cooperation with the Libyan Ministry of Health and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). Under this agreement, experts from WHO, the Ministry of...
Joint delegation from WHO and UK visit Keshlaf primary health care centre in Tripoli, Libya
7 June 2023, Tripoli – Today, the Keshlaf primary health care (PHC) centre in Tripoli welcomed a high-level delegation from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, led by Dame Barbara Woodward, the United Kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN in New York and Her Excellency Caroline Hurndall, the British Ambassador to...
Polio outbreak simulation exercise conducted in Tripoli
1 June 2023, Tripoli – The World Health Organization, in cooperation with the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control and Ministry of Health, held a 2-day polio outbreak simulation exercise in Tripoli on 28 and 29 May 2023. The purpose of the exercise was to test and validate plans, processes and systems to respond to an eventual polio...
Libya launches the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative in Libya
Tripoli, 23 May 2023 – WHO has just launched the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative in Libya. A total of 21 patient safety coordinators from public hospitals attended a one-week workshop in Tripoli from 13 to 17 May 2023 to learn about quality health care, infection prevention and control, and international patient safety standards. The...
WHO emergency medical teams make an impact in Libya
With generous support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Health Organization (WHO) deployed 24 emergency medical teams (EMTs) to more than 30 health facilities in Libya in 2022. The teams provided 321 542 medical procedures, including 3906 surgical interventions. 1 / 11 An EMT doctor at Qatroun village...
Measles cases reported in Libya
29 March 2023, Tripoli, Libya - The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the rise in measles cases in Libya, especially in the municipalities of the south and west. In epidemiological weeks 1 to 9, the National Center for Disease Control reported that 93 of 391 suspected measles cases had been confirmed, with no related deaths. The most...
