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Libya implements NCD STEPS survey
WHO-trained Ministry of Health staff engaging in the STEPs survey through household visits in Derna in eastern LibyaTripoli, 28 November – Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control has begun implementing a survey on the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory...
WHO airlifts emergency medical supplies to Libya
30 October 2022. Through a generous contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WHO’s office in Libya has just received 40 tonnes of medical supplies airlifted from its logistic hub in Dubai. The shipment, consisting of 180 Interagency Emergency Health Kits, follows last week’s shipment of 30 tonnes of...
WHO donates information, communication and technology equipment to support vaccination coverage in Libya
Tripoli, 2 October 2022 – Through a generous contribution from the European Union, today, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated 100 desktop computers and 100 laptops to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Tripoli. The items were handed over during a ceremony in Tripoli in the presence of DrHaider Muftah Al-Sayeh, the...
Medical supplies airlifted to Libya
7 September 2022. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, airlifted the first of three shipments of emergency medical supplies to Benghazi airport in Libya. The supplies will help health facilities respond to health needs across the country, particularly in the...
WHO condemns attacks against health care in Libya
28 August 2022 – WHO is deeply alarmed by recent reports of attacks of health care facilities in Libya. According to reports from the Ministry of Health in Tripoli and Health Cluster partners, hospitals and health centres in Tripoli were attacked during widespread violence in the capital on 26 and 27 August 2022. Dozens of people were injured and...
Thanks to support from the Government of Germany, WHO delivers mobile clinics to Benghazi
German Ambassador to Libya Michael Unmacht greets WHO staff member on delivery of the ambulances 11 August 2022 – Using a generous contribution from the Government of Germany, WHO has delivered 2 fully equipped mobile clinics to the Directorate of Health Services in Benghazi to supplement primary health care services in the municipality. These mobile...
