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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...
Developing an accountability framework to advance towards universal health coverage
Khartoum, Sudan, 2 August 2018 – The Federal Ministry of Health, with support from WHO today concluded a 3-day workshop on accountability assessment of the health system and services for members of the accountability assessment taskforce. The workshop marked the participation of 50 professional from the Federal and State ministries of health, in...
Lifesaving medicines and supplies prepositioned in preparation for Sudan’s rainy season
Khartoum, Sudan, 26 July 2018 – WHO, in support of Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, has prepositioned vital medicines and medical supplies for more than 3 million beneficiaries as part of the national emergency preparedness plan for the upcoming rainy season. The supplies include rapid response kits for a population of about 3 million people;...
Setting priorities for strengthening the emergency care system in Sudan
Consensus meeting to address ECSA findings, Khartoum, Sudan, 23 July 2018 (Photo: WHO).24 July 2018 – The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, with support from WHO and in collaboration with emergency care partners and stakeholders, have concluded a consensus meeting to address the gaps identified by the Emergency Care System Assessment (ECSA)...
