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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...