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UNSMIL appeals for ceasefire to strengthen COVID-19 response
18 March, 2020 - WHO strongly endorses UNSMIL’s appeal for a ceasefire in Libya to allow national health authorities and health partners to respond to the potential spread of COVID-19 in the country. Countries throughout the world are taking unprecedented steps to respond to the threats posed by this deadly virus. The COVID-19 pandemic is a...
WHO delivers emergency health supplies to health facilities in Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli, 17 December 2019 – Following the recent escalation of violence in and around Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered emergency medicines and supplies to support five public hospitals and six public primary health care facilities in the most conflict-affected areas. The shipment contains medicines and medical supplies,...
Revitalizing nursing skills in Libya
8 December 2019, Tripoli, Libya – Support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has enabled WHO and the Ministry of Health in Libya to revitalize primary health care services by building the capacity of 58 nurses from south, east and west Libya in Tripoli and Al-Bayda. The nurses were provided with an opportunity to enhance...
WHO enhances access to emergency health care services in Libya
2 December 2019 – WHO is responding to increasing needs for emergency medical supplies in Libya as a result of the ongoing conflict. Health care facilities across the country are reporting critical shortages of trauma and surgical medicines and supplies to treat injured patients. WHO, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has...
Training of trainers workshop for primary health care nurses in Libya
7 November 2019 - The WHO country office in Libya, in collaboration with its Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ministry of Health of Libya,completed a 2-week training of trainers workshop for the primary health care (PHC) nursing workforce in Libya. The workshop, comprising one-week theoretical sessions followed by a week of...
WHO expresses condolences for the loss of a dedicated health care worker
7 November, 2019, WHO is deeply saddened by the death of Aminah Yousuf, a nurse from Sabha in Libya, who passed away unexpectedly while attending a WHO workshop in Tunisia for primary health care nurses. WHO extends its deepest condolences to Nurse Aminah’s family, friends and colleagues. Her patients and peers will remember her as a selfless and...
