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Sudan set to protect over 8 million people with its largest ever yellow fever vaccination drive
20 March 2019 – The Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF has launched a large-scale mass vaccination campaign in Sudan to vaccinate over 8.3 million people aged from 9 months to 60 years against yellow fever in the states of Blue Nile, Gezira and Sennar...
WHO calls for protection of health workers amid ongoing conflict in Sudan
11 March 2019 – As the civil unrest in Sudan continues, WHO expresses extreme concern about reports of attacks on health staff, and is working to verify this information. “People in Sudan, including vulnerable migrants, refugees, and displaced populations are in urgent need of health care services. Health staff in Sudan are already working under...
Building a resilient health system in Sudan
Khartoum, 10 March 2019 – WHO, the Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan and the Royal Tropical Institute of Amsterdam, have just concluded a 2-week training of trainers workshop on strengthening a decentralized health system to attain universal health coverage projects in Sudan. The training, held in the National Medical Supplies Fund Training...
WHO Member States sign Khartoum Declaration on Sudan and Bordering Countries: Cross-Border Health Security
4 December 2018 – Six countries in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean and African Regions have signed a declaration committing themselves to strengthening preparedness and response to public health threats and events across borders in an effort to further the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) and enhance global health...
WHO steps up efforts to establish community-based surveillance in Sudan
WHO facilitating the community-based surveillance workshop in Khartoum, Sudan. WHO photo.Khartoum, 19 November 2018 – With the aim of improving the local health system in Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) in joint efforts with Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health organized a 2-day national training of trainers workshop in Khartoum to launch...
Sudan kicks off November subnational polio immunization campaign to vaccinate 4.5 million children
A target of 4.5 million children in Sudan administered with the oral polio vaccine in November's subnational immunization campaign Khartoum, 14 November 2018 – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a three-day subnational immunization...
Sudan strengthens national nutrition surveillance capacities on global nutrition monitoring targets
31 October 2018, Khartoum, 28 October 2018 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, organized a 3-day regional workshop in Khartoum to endorse a comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The plan includes 6 global...
On World Polio Day, WHO, UNICEF and the Government of Sudan and partners renew commitment to keeping Sudan polio-free
On World Polio Day, WHO, UNICEF, the Government of Sudan and partners joined forces to celebrate the successes of the national polio programme and to raise awareness about the disease 30 October 2018, Khartoum, Sudan – The Government of Sudan, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and other partners supporting the...
Statement on behalf of WHO and Ministries of Health, Industry, and Commerce on the development of a cost-benefit analysis for flour fortification in Sudan
Khartoum, 14 August 2018-- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Ministries of Health, Industry, and Commerce in Sudan have met to review the findings of March 2018 assessment and develop a cost-benefit analysis on wheat flour fortification in Sudan. WHO Representative Dr. Naeema Al Gasseer stated that the study result has...
WHO and Ministry of Health invest in national capacities for procurement and supply chain management
During the distribution of certificates workshop facilitator from EMPOWER Faculty, Dr Naeema Al Gasseer WHO Representative for Sudan, Ms Aziza Adam WHO logistics participant in the workshop, and Dr Mohira Boboeva WHO Emergency Technical Officer9 August 2018 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health...
