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Critical WHO supplies arrive in Sudan to manage cholera outbreak
25 September, 2019 – A shipment of 36 tons of cholera treatment medicines and supplies have arrived in Khartoum and are being prepared for distribution as part of the World Health Organization’s response activities supporting the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan to contain and halt a cholera outbreak. The shipment includes 5000 rapid...
WHO responds to cholera cases in Sudan
Khartoum, 11 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with national health authorities and partners to respond to cases of cholera in Blue Nile State in south-eastern Sudan. Between 28 August and 10 September, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported at least 51 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in Blue Nile State,...
WHO Sudan finalizes training on risk assessment tool
Khartoum, Sudan, 24 July 2019 – WHO has finalized a 3-day training of trainers for Ministry of Health staff in Sudan on the use and application of the strategic tool for assessing risk (STAR). The STAR tool was developed by WHO to assess and prioritize risks to support planning for health emergencies as stipulated by the International Health...
Sudan prepares to vaccinate over 11 million children against measles and polio
WHO technical Officer administers the measles vaccine to a child in South Darfur StateKhartoum, 8 April 2019 – The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched a large-scale vaccination campaign in Sudan to...
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...
