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Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Oct 12, 2025

World Health Organization (WHO) and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) provide essential aid for malnourished children in Somalia

Timely access to essential medicines supports recovery and saves lives. For families struggling to feed their children amid drought and rising prices, finding free treatment here offers a rare sense of relief

Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu – Somalia’s largest paediatric referral public hospital – is at the forefront of efforts to address severe acute malnutrition. Inside the stabilization centre, small hospital beds are lined up, each holding a child fighting not only hunger but illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhoea and dehydration. Nurses move…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Aug 25, 2025

Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Tunisia advance cross-border collaboration for migrant health

Government representatives call for standardized public health procedures at the close of a 3-day simulation exercise

Government representatives from Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Tunisia — major countries on migratory routes in North Africa — convened in Cairo from 18–20 August for a 3-day table-top simulation exercise (SimEx) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The 4 countries share porous…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Aug 19, 2025

World Health Organization (WHO) expands trauma and mental health support to protect Somalia’s health workers

The initiative supports longer-term system strengthening

In Somalia’s under-resourced hospitals, trauma patients often arrive to find blood supply and essential medical equipment shortages, trauma teams with limited capacity and inadequate systems in place for handling a surge in trauma patients. During mass casualty incidents these limitations cause delays that put lives at risk. As violence escalates…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Jul 28, 2025

Strengthening surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases in Egypt

The training, held from 20 to 23 July 2025 with support from the Pandemic Fund, was attended by surveillance officers from 13 governorates

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Egypt and the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, together with the Ministry of Health and Population’s Expanded Programme on Immunization, conducted a training workshop to strengthen surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases in Egypt. The training, held from 20 to 23 July…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Jul 07, 2025

Egypt launches the first field epidemiology training programme in vector control in the Middle East and North Africa

The training involved 32 participants, mainly agricultural engineers from the human and animal sectors

The WHO Country Office in Egypt supported the Ministry of Health and Population in launching the Middle East and North Africa’s first field epidemiology training programme (FETP) focused on vector control. Supported by the Pandemic Fund, it aims to strengthen national capacity in detecting, preventing and responding to vector-borne diseases.…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | May 05, 2025

World Health Organization (WHO) Egypt and the United Kingdom (UK) strengthen collaboration to support Palestinian patients in Egypt

The project aims to support around 4000 individuals, including trauma patients and those with chronic conditions

WHO Egypt has signed a new £1 million funding agreement with the UK Government to help provide high-quality medical care for patients who have been evacuated from Gaza to receive treatment in Egypt. The project aims to support around 4000 individuals, including trauma patients and those with chronic conditions. The new…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Jan 26, 2025

Bringing health care closer to displaced communities in Somalia

Through collaboration with partners, WHO Somalia continues to support health care centres that provide a wide range of care and address the unique health challenges faced by displaced families

At the heart of Al-Adalada camp, west of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, 49-year-old Hawa Sharif Ali has found a vital lifeline for her family’s medical needs. She, like the thousands of other internally displaced people (IDPs) living in the camp, depends on the health services available at the Sinkadheer health centre…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Jan 20, 2025

How World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting cholera outbreak response in Sudan

The Federal Ministry of Health, with support from WHO and UNICEF, has conducted oral cholera vaccination campaigns in 8 states, reaching 7.4 million people

The Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan declared a cholera outbreak on 12 August 2024 after confirmation of samples from Kassala State, which has been reporting suspected cases since 22 July 2024. Fuelled by heavy rains and flooding, overcrowding and lack of access to clean water in displacement sites and…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Jan 13, 2025

World Bank partners with World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to boost health care access for 8 million people in Sudan

More than 70% of hospitals and health facilities in conflict-affected areas in Sudan are non-operational

World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a US$ 82 million agreement to improve access to critical health services for more than 8 million vulnerable people across Sudan and strengthen the health system in the country. More than 70% of hospitals and…

Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Nov 04, 2024

Breaking the cycle: addressing recurring cholera outbreaks in Somalia

The latest outbreak occurred early in 2024 in the capital Mogadishu, with the districts of Dayniile, Dharkaynley, Wadajir, Kahda and Hamar Jajab particularly badly affected

Since the early 1990s, Somalia has suffered multiple outbreaks of cholera which, due to poor sanitary conditions, have affected a majority of the population living in internally displaced camps. The latest outbreak occurred early in 2024 in the capital Mogadishu, with the districts of Dayniile, Dharkaynley, Wadajir, Kahda and Hamar…

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