Ministry of Health and National Immunization Technical Advisory Group representatives with mission members from the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and PIVI. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain 29 January 2024, Manama, Bahrain – A 2-day mission was conducted in Manama, Bahrain, on 23–24 January 2024 to pilot a rapid mini evaluation of...

Over 45 technical staff from the Ministry of Health, including focal points for universal health coverage, nutrition, noncommunicable diseases, mental health, road safety, maternal and child health, and health emergencies, took part in the Strategic and Operational Planning Workshop. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain 2 January 2024, Manama, Bahrain – A...

Her Excellency Dr Samya Bahram, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health, and Dr Tasnim Atatrah, WHO Representative in Bahrain, join community members to Walk the Talk for disability inclusion. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain Participants of all ages and abilities taking part in the 800-metre walk around Sa’ada Seafront, Muharraq. Photo credit:...

Forty-five participants from the Ministry of Health, Primary Healthcare Centres, Ministry of Interior, National Communications Center and Government Hospitals took part in the capacity-building workshop in Manama, Bahrain. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain18 December 2023, Manama, Bahrain – WHO ran a 3-day Multidisciplinary Health Communications and...

Participants of the Workshop on Conducting Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment and the Health National Adaptation Plan. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain Under the direction of the Supreme Council for Environment and the Ministry of Health, the WHO Country Office in Bahrain organized the Workshop on Conducting Climate Change...

The multisectoral workshop involved more than 25 participants from the Ministry of Health and from the Capital, Muharraq, Northern and Southern governorates. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Bahrain 15 October 2023, Manama, Bahrain – Led by Bahrain’s Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, a one-day Healthy Cities Programme Exchange of Experiences...

4 September 2023 – Led by the Ministry of Health in Bahrain, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, a 3-day workshop on the first phase of self-evaluation of the second round of the joint external evaluation (JEE), was held in Manama, Bahrain, on 3–5 September 2023. Under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), WHO Member...

The Healthy Cities Programme was first implemented in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region in 1990 to facilitate commitment on health and well-being at the highest level, and to unify vision and commitment to public health development for healthier and sustainable environments where people live, work, and thrive.  A healthy city strives to create...

8 June 2023 – World Breastfeeding Week, held during the first week of August, is supported by WHO, UNICEF, ministries of health and civil society partners. Over the last decade, there has been a 10% increase in exclusive breastfeeding globally to 48%, which is remarkable progress. However, to achieve the target of 70% of infants exclusively...

11 July 2023 – The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean held a 3-day training workshop for WHO technical staff on scientific writing and the development of policy briefs in Cairo, Egypt, on 4–6 July 2023. Group photo of the participants at the scientific writing and development of policy brief workshop The workshop aimed to equip...