Thanks to funding from @JapanEthiopia , these frontline workers gained critical skills to support and care for survivors of #GBV, marking a key step toward stronger, survivor-centred health systems.
With support from @WHO & partners, 55 healthcare workers in Western #Oromia 🇪🇹 were trained in Clinical Management of Rape #CMR - enhancing the capacity of 23 health facilities in conflict-affected areas to deliver essential Gender Based Violence #GBV response services. #Ethiopia
Au cœur de la crise humanitaire qui frappe le #NordKivu🇨🇩, les équipes médicales d'urgence de @WHO, financées par @GlobalFund, sont en 1re ligne pour sauver des vies. Nous saluons leur travail au centre de santé de Mugunga où elles offrent des soins ambulatoires aux + vulnérables
As the final whistle blows on the @FIFAcom ⚽️ Beach Soccer World Cup 🇸🇨Seychelles 2025, we celebrate African football and the power of sport to promote health & unity.
From the sands of Seychelles to action for well-being, this was a win for #HealthForAll.
#BeActive
At the @FIFAcom ⚽️Beach Soccer World Cup 2025, football is more than just a game.
👉 Watch this to see how 🇸🇨 Seychelles is using sport to promote health, well-being and foster inclusion!
@fifabeach@SpecialOlympics@CAF_Online
The road to eradicating vaccine-preventable diseases starts with commitments.
@WHO and partners will continue working together to make immunization for all #HumanlyPossible.
#AVW2025#VaccinesForAll
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to health worldwide. In Namibia, the government is increasing public awareness of AMR, improving infection prevention and control, and strengthening surveillanceAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to health worldwide. In Namibia, the government is increasing public awareness of AMR, improving infection prevention and control, and strengthening surveillanceAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to health worldwide. In Namibia, the government is increasing public awareness of AMR, improving infection prevention and control, and strengthening surveillanceAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to health worldwide. In Namibia, the government is increasing public awareness of AMR, improving infection prevention and control, and strengthening surveillance.
Strong systems, healthy communities!
@WHORwanda, with @EUinRW funding supported @RBCRwanda set up a new bacteriology lab at @rwamaganaph under the National Health Lab Services Project, to improve swift disease diagnosis and facilitate effective treatment. #UHC
This week, @WHOGhana teams are in 6 regions that benefited from the @UKinGhana-funded long-acting reversible contraception training.
They are monitoring progress & providing guidance & feedback to midwives & community health nurses to help improve service delivery & performance.
Face à la crise humanitaire complexe au #NordKivu🇨🇩, les équipes médicales d'urgence, soutenues par @WHO & financées par @GlobalFund, ont prodigué des soins ambulatoires à des dizaines de personnes vulnérables au centre de santé de Mugunga, incluant des petites chirurgies vitales
Congratulations to Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN) on its 25-Year Milestone!
Since 2000, GOARN has brought together over 310 partners to advance public health emergency preparedness & response through
✅ alerts,
✅ sending rapid support,
✅ strengthening country capacities via training.
GOARN has tackled major global public health responses, including to SARS, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, cholera, floods, earthquakes & war.
🔗https://t.co/zOW1bpvcEP
With support from @CanadaDev, we are supporting @NADMOGHANA in training district-level teams in the Volta Region on the Multi-sectoral Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) tool.
This training aims to strengthen local capacity for coordinated and timely disaster assessment & response.
📢 @WHOAFRO and partners, with support from @KuwaitFund, will host the annual #NTD programme managers meeting from 15–17 April in Togo!
📺 Watch the opening ceremony live: https://t.co/Q2rGh7tBGh — also streaming live on our X page.
The meeting will kick-start discussions and collaborations on innovative strategies to strengthen the final push against #NTDs in Africa.
#Kenya 🇰🇪 has declared a #cholera outbreak in 3 counties, with 97 cases and 6 deaths reported as of 6 April 2025. @MOH_Kenya, with @WHO support, has deployed rapid response teams to conduct priority actions, incl. active case finding, case management & provision of cholera kits.
📢 Join us and our partners @UNICEF for the Last Mile Virtual Experience: Final Steps from Today's Efforts to a Healthier Tomorrow for Children on 10 April. Register for either session! #EndPolio
2AM EST Session: https://t.co/uNzoo7TiQX
11AM EST Session: https://t.co/6mR8XnD1mr
Ahead of #WorldHealthDay, read how Kenya 🇰🇪 is giving newborns a healthy beginning and hopeful future, by implementing @WHO's Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, which promotes exclusive breastfeeding & kangaroo care, among other lifesaving interventions 🔗https://t.co/yzX5YNiQPe