Sudan conducted a mid-year review and replanning exercise for the EPI and polio programme, as well as training on adverse events following immunization23 July 2012 - The Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) department of the Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF Sudan offices, conducted three back-to-back...

UN country representatives and development partners donate blood on 12 June at the central blood bank in Khartoum12 June 2012 - Sudan started a week-long celebration of the 2012 World Blood Donor Day campaign with the theme, “Every blood donor is a hero”, focusing on the idea that everyone can become a hero by giving blood. On 12 June, Country...

Sudan’s First Lady Widad Babiker and Khartoum State Minister of Health Professor Mamoun Hameida, as they listen to the video message of WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Ala Alwan, introduced by WHO Representative Dr Anshu Banerjee,  during the regional launch of the campaign in Khartoum3 June 2012 – On World No Tobacco Day,...

Umdokhon sector in Darfur reached the meningitis alert threshold during the first week of April.7 May 2012 – From 1 January to 13 April 2012, a total of 276 suspected cases of meningitis were reported in Sudan, with 14 deaths. From the areas that reported meningitis, only Umdokhon sector in Central Darfur had crossed the epidemic threshold. The...

Blood bank staff processing donated blood at the central blood bank in Khartoum.29 May 2012 – Together with countries around the world, Sudan will celebrate the 2012 World Blood Donor Day on 14 June. The Day aims to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and to acknowledge all voluntary unpaid donors for their life-saving...

1 April 2012 – This year’s World TB Day theme was "Stop TB in my lifetime". The theme was relayed through various activities throughout March, organized by the national TB programme with WHO support. This included events held around the country by different groups to raise awareness of TB and the fight against the disease. In this way, Sudan...