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World Health Organization (WHO) - Mauritius
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Critical importance of International Health Regulations reemphasized with interactive training

The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the recognition of the importance of IHR, providing additional impetus to accelerate implementation

The International Health Regulations (IHR), the legally binding set of rules providing a framework to prevent the spread of public health events across borders, have a long and illustrious history that goes back over 170 years. Under its Country Cooperation Strategy 2023-2026, WHO Mauritius is committed to scaling up IHR…

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    • A WHO-led assessment to monitor the implementation of the national guidelines on IPC scored three of the five regional hospitals at Intermediate Level
    • The WR, Dr Anne Ancia, and the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailash Jagutpal, at the launch of the workshop for the development of the second IPC NAP
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Mauritius: Safety of patients and health care professionals at heart of second national Infection Prevention and Control action plan

The thorough and sound implementation of IPC practices not only reduces the risks of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), they also prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), the evidence-based approach to protecting patients and health care workers from avoidable infections, is universally recognized as one of the cornerstones of a safe and effective health care delivery. The thorough and sound implementation of IPC practices not only reduces the risks of hospital-acquired infections…

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    • As part of the Scoping Mission, the WHO team of experts conducted extensive stakeholders consultations
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Strengthening Mauritius’ Primary Health Care approach to improve the population’s health and well-being

Mauritius boasts a UHC service coverage index of 66, which is significantly higher than the WHO African Region (AFRO) average of 44

By providing affordable access to quality health services, Primary Health Care (PHC) forms the cornerstone for advancing towards universal health coverage (UHC) and ultimately for improving people’s health and well-being across the life-course. In a nutshell, it is about patient-centered care which is a fundamental human right. PHC was identified…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Mauritius
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High hopes for Mauritian obesity roadmap

The document, which aims to achieve a 5% reduction in the prevalence of obesity across all age groups by 2030, was elaborated during a three-day symposium in Balaclava, Mauritius

Mauritius recently made a significant step forward in its ongoing struggle against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Indeed, the presentation of the Mauritius Acceleration Plan to Stop Obesity 2024-2030 on April 25 by the Stakeholders’ Roundtable on Actions to Accelerate the Prevention and Management of Obesity represents a clear signal of the country’s intention…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Mauritius
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Exploring the meaning of My health, my right

In the true spirit of this year’s World Health Day theme -- My health, my right -- the WHO Mauritius team decided to celebrate with children and young adults with special education needs

World Health Day 2024 was marked with purpose by member States, WHO Country Offices and their partners the world over, bringing to a close the WHO’s 75th anniversary year celebrations. This year’s activities were guided by the theme, My health, my right, and its message in favour of available, accessible and acceptable…

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World Health Organization (WHO) Mauritius launches set of health priorities for new two years

The launching ceremony marks the beginning of the operationalization phase of the WHO Biennial Workplan and Programme Budget 2024-2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) Mauritius Country Office launched its new Biennial Workplan 2024-2025 with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) on March 18, 2024. This results-focused document, which is the fruit of a close collaborative effort between WHO Mauritius and the MOHW, defines the priorities of the Organization for the next…

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Mauritius tackles anti-microbial resistance through formulation of a second Plan of Action

The 2024-2028 National Action Plan has been designed to provide a contextualized roadmap for confronting AMR in Mauritius

Mauritius has successfully developed its second national action plan on anti-microbial resistance (AMR) 2024-2028, through a three-week robust workshop supported by the World Health Organization. This comes following the evaluation of the first national action plan (NAP) 2018-2022 by the same team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…

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Mauritius: Health and social workers empowered on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)

In June 2022, a national strategy to proactively respond to the health needs of older people, the integrated care for older people (ICOPE) strategy and action plan 2022-2026 was developed with the support of WHO and launched by the Prime Minister in March 2023

Mauritius achieved another milestone in its quest to improving health and wellness of older people and promoting healthy ageing through training of a core team of trainers from multi-disciplinary background on integrated care for older people (ICOPE). Over the past few decades, Mauritius has been experiencing a rapid ageing of…

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World Health Organization (WHO) supports Rodrigues outer island to conduct risk profiling workshop using the Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks (STAR)

The risk assessment was facilitated by trainers from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Mauritius who were trained during the National Strategic Risk Assessment earlier in February 2023

The Rodrigues Health Commission, Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness, with support from WHO, conducted a sub-national (Rodrigues) public health risk profiling exercise from 29 May to 02 June 2023 to better understand risks and prepare for future public health emergencies in the Island of Rodrigues. The exercise is subsequent to…

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Mauritius: Strengthening enforcement of new tobacco law through capacity building of police officers

The Commissioner of Police highlighted the importance of strengthening awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco among the young generation

Empowering the Mauritius Police Force on law enforcement for tobacco control is essential to ensure compliance of the new tobacco law, the Public Health Regulations on Restrictions on Tobacco Products, promulgated in 2022. This initiative was led by the Vie et Santé (VISA) NGO in close partnership with the Ministry of Health…