WHO Democratic Republic of the Congo – External Situation Report 27 December 2018
The Ministry of Health (MoH), WHO and partners continue to respond to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While civil society in general remain supportive of the Ebola response, operations in some outbreak affected areas have been temporarily disrupted due to insecurity. The Organization’s priority is to end […]
Ministry of Health urges partners to support government to build sustainable systems to respond disease outbreaks in Uganda
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has lauded government partners for their support in the current Ebola preparedness response in Uganda and urged them to support the government to build systems for future disease outbreak responses. This was at a meeting held at the Serena Hotel in Kampala, where partners in the Ebola […]
Situation Update on the Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan
The Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan was declared on 29 November 2018 in Sakure payam, Nzara County, Gbudue state. Since the reporting of the outbreak, the Ministry of Health and partners have scaled up preparedness and response activities to mitigate and control possible spread. These activities entailed conducting follow up epidemiological; entomological; and laboratory […]
Ethiopia launched new guideline for reaching missed tuberculosis cases
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health, the National TB Program in collaboration with WHO and partners conducted a workshop from December 17 to 18, 2018 to launch a new guideline for reaching missed tuberculosis cases. In her opening remark, Dr Lia Tadesse, State Minister of Health, noted TB is one of the priority diseases closely […]