Joint Press Release [WHO EMRO – GLIDE Partnership and collaboration with Ministries of Health in MENA countries] Technical experts from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are convening at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo between 14 and 16 July 2025 for a regional meeting on...

Regional meeting of HANMAT malaria and vector control programme managers Djibouti City, 9–12 December 2024, A meeting of malaria and vector control programme managers from member countries of the Horn of Africa Network for Monitoring Antimalarial Treatment (HANMAT) was held in Djibouti City from 9 to 12 December 2024. It was organized by the WHO...

The WHO team checks the spraying equipment before heading to Sohbatpur to conduct the indoor residual spraying campaign. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan/Saiynabashir 25 April 2024 – Pakistan carries a significant burden of major vector-borne diseases. Malaria is endemic in the country and contributes to high levels of morbidity and mortality. Dengue is...

The team, including community health workers, involved in the antimalarial efficacy study in Djibouti. Photo credit: WHO/M. Farah 23 April 2024– For the first time in Djibouti, a study has been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of first-line antimalarials. The therapeutic efficacy study (TES), which ended in April 2024, aimed to assess the...

A local resident in Chahar Misra village, Behsud, Nangarhar, puts up a bed net. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Afghanistan 22 April 2024– Malaria is a life-threatening disease that affects millions of people globally every year. About 77% of Afghanistan’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria; 27% of the population lives in areas at high risk of the...

Abdalla Adam, a volunteer from Gedaref, presents a workshop for fellow volunteers, January 2024. Workshops typically address the various species of vectors found in Al-Tadhamon, a suburb of Gedaref town. Photo credit: Younis Salihh21 April 2024– Sudan stands out for its unique social fabric and complex malaria landscape. Despite the conflict...

18 April 2024 – In the Iranian coastal town of Konarak, on the country’s southern shores, a young sailor’s journey took an unexpected turn. Esmaeil, aged 19 years, found himself grappling with a high fever and crippling body pain while aboard a fishing vessel. With his condition rapidly deteriorating, the boat made an unplanned stop near...

10 August 2023 – Vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue contribute to significant morbidity and mortality in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region. The current spread of invasive vectors; Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, in the Region are an additional challenge that is increasing the risk of outbreaks of malaria and...

19 June 2023 – Yemen’s technical working group on malaria, comprising staff of the national malaria control programme, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight TB, AIDS and Malaria, International Organization for Migration and UNICEF, met in person to discuss subnational tailoring of malaria interventions in Yemen, on 3–8 June 2023, at the WHO Regional Office...

26 June 2022 – Sudan became the first country in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region on 25 April to adopt the high burden to high impact approach to accelerate progress against malaria. The approach provides a useful mechanism for Sudan and 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as India, and partners to translate their stated political...