4️⃣modules 6️⃣2️⃣topics 3️⃣2️⃣ facilitators & 2️⃣2️⃣ days—that’s what it took to train 5️⃣0️⃣ healthcare workers in health emergency preparedness at the #AVoHCSurge training. A huge thank you to our incredible facilitators! Your efforts will have an impact on Ghana's health security.

As The Gambia continues with Module3 of AVoHC surge training, WHO remains grateful for the financial and technical support from@CanGive and@WHOAFRO for their support towards these training sessions on emergency preparedness and response. #HealthForAllGambians #CapacityBuilding

“We are very grateful to the government and World Health Organization (WHO) for providing these vaccines to protect us from cholera” ~ a satisfied resident in the Takoradi area of the Western Region, where long queues formed as people eagerly awaited their vaccinations. Together, we can end this outbreak.

“Seychelles has been helped immensely by WHO.” Dr. Bernard Valentin, Principal Secretary for Health, Ministry of Health of #Seychelles 🇸🇨 on the importance of a flexibly funded WHO ⬇️ bit.ly/4gFyRgF

Health authorities & partners, including World Health Organization (WHO), are working tirelessly to control the #Marburg outbreak. At the Emergency Operations Center in #Biharamulo, World Health Organization (WHO), Wizara ya Afya Tanzania 🇹🇿 & partners met to review & strengthen activities across the 11 response pillars to curb the disease.

Collaborative efforts are taking center stage in the fight against #Marburg in 🇹🇿. With partners, World Health Organization (WHO)-trained first responders, are setting up an isolation center at Lukaragata Health Centre in Biharamulo, to enhance early detection & timely isolation of suspected cases.

As Dr Matshidiso Moeti ends her term as Regional Director for WHO African Region, the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today appointed Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu as Acting Regional Director. A new Regional Director for Africa will be elected in May.

.WHO South Sudan has commenced a 2-day Join Operational Review (JOR) to evaluate its response to health emergencies and other humanitarian crises. This operations review involves the three levels of the organization WHO African Region & World Health Organization (WHO) HQ in hybrid format.

.World Health Organization (WHO), with support from Africa CDC and funding from Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is proud to support the resumption of the #AVOHCSURGE training in Kampala. The two-week capacity-building program brings together 78 participants from Ministry of Health- Uganda, MAAIF 🇺🇬, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Ministry of Internal Affairs Uganda and

Cholera outbreaks continue to spread across Africa, with 22 countries affected in 2025. The Republic of Congo & Chad are the latest to report cases. WHO is ramping up support in central Africa to strengthen disease surveillance & curb cross-border spread, especially as the

Rejoignez-nous pour la conférence de presse de l’OMS Afrique sur la suspicion d’une épidémie de fièvre hémorragique virale dans la province du Kasaï, en #RDC. 📅 Jeudi 4 septembre 2025 🕑 14h00-15h00 GMT | 15h00-16h00 heure de Brazzaville 🌐 En direct sur les réseaux sociaux de

.World Health Organization (WHO) and MSF International teams set up patient & health worker flow to manage movement in the #Ebola treatment centre in #Bulape health zone – one of the current outbreak epicentres in #DRC’s Kasai province. Effective flow management is crucial to reducing virus transmission and ensuring

Ebola vaccination has begun in Bulape health zone in #DRC’s🇨🇩 Kasai Province. 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine have been delivered, with more on the way to protect those at highest risk. WHO has deployed 40+ experts to support health authorities in strengthening

Health teams from the DRC Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) travelled more than an hour by motorcycle to Mbongo, a hard-to-reach community about 24 kilometres from the Bulape health centre in Kasaï Province, to investigate a community alert on a suspected #Ebola case. They collected

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are strengthening systems and making a lasting mark in Bulape 🇨🇩. Thanks to strong collaboration and leadership, communities now have clean water.

The new #Ebola Treatment Centre in Bulape is now fully operational, equipped with 32 beds, including a 2-bed Intensive Infectious Disease Treatment Module (IIDTM). This marks the first time World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed the innovation beyond simulation sites in Uganda and Ghana. Two