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World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles |

Strengthening care services for chronic diseases in Seychelles

Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) accounted for more than half of the total number of deaths in Seychelles in 2022 and more than half of those (52%) were due to diseases of the circulatory system, such as heart disease and stroke

After a long day at work, Brenda Mirabeau loves to put on her favourite music and dance around the house. So, six years ago, when her toes went numb and she could no longer walk around at home, her family was alarmed. “I was so cold that I was shivering……

World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles |

Seychelles celebrates 50 years of saving children’s lives through immunization

Seychelles has attained high vaccination coverage for essential childhood vaccines, reaching above 95% – which is optimal to avoid vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in the population

Matteo Pragassen is almost a year old and his mother, Diane Uranie, has brought him to the Beau Vallon health centre in Victoria, Seychelles' capital, for his measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. Shortly after arrival, nurse Brigitte Mathiot deftly administers the shot, and it is all over.  “As part of my postnatal care,…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles |

The Seychelles Ministry of health hosts the third regional training of trainers workshop on public health emergency operations centres (PHEOCS)

African Region countries continue to have a disproportionate high risk of public health emergencies from disease outbreaks, natural disasters and man-made calamities

The Seychelles Ministry of Health is hosting a 3rd African Regional training of trainers’ workshop on Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs), at Savoy Resort Hotel in Seychelles from 2-14 May 2023 in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), United States Center…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Seychelles |

WHO hands over consignment of tablets to further support improvement in data management for COVID-19 response in Seychelles

The donation of the tablets follows a first consignment of 28 laptops computers which the WHO handed over to the Ministry of Health in 2020

As part of its continued support to improve data management within the context of COVID-19 including the health system as a whole, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over 76 tablets to the Ministry of Health. The acting WHO Representative for Seychelles Dr. Susan Tembo handed over the tablets…