Statement by WHO Regional Director on monkeypox and COVID-19
23 August 2022 – Good afternoon and welcome to today’s press briefing on the latest updates on monkeypox and COVID-19. As of 20 August, 7 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region have officially reported 35 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox to WHO, with no associated deaths. Globally, the number of weekly reported new cases was...
WHO and UDER implement multi-partner project to boost primary health care services in northwest Syria
21 August 2022 – WHO, together with the Relief Experts Association UDER as implementing agency, has bolstered the provision of primary health care services in northwest Syria by rendering the facilities in the towns of Sarmada, Tarmanin, Daret Azza and Zarzour fully operational. Due to the size and scope of the project – which took place between...
Yemen-Oman twinning project to enhance critical care and save lives
21 August 2022, Aden | Muscat – As part of a fruitful inter-regional collaboration, the World Health Organization (WHO) country offices in Yemen and Oman linked the Omani Medical Specialty Board to the University of Aden Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in a recent twinning project that delivered the fundamentals of a critical care support...
Update on the monkeypox outbreak in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cairo, 17 August 2022 – The spread of the monkeypox outbreak has been sporadic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with 33 laboratory-confirmed cases in 6 countries and no associated deaths reported. Most cases have no travel history to areas where the outbreak is heavily circulating. The average age among reported cases are people aged 31...
Egyptian national regulatory authority reaches second highest level in WHO classification
Credit: Egyptian Drug Authority 1 August 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Egypt’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for vaccines reached Maturity Level 3 (ML-3) – the second highest in the WHO classification of national regulatory systems. This makes Egypt’s NRA the first to reach ML-3 for vaccine regulation in the...
Statement by WHO’s Regional Director on COVID-19 and monkeypox
26 July 2022 – Good morning from WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo and welcome to this media briefing on COVID-19 and monkeypox. Firstly, let me introduce my friend and colleague Dr Maha El Rabbat, Professor of Public Health, member of the African Union Commission for Africa Recovery, and former WHO Director-General...
WHO and ECHO support of Sudan for COVID-19 helped scale up local response to further health emergencies
As part of the COVID-19 response, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), is working with WHO to support rapid response teams working for the Ministry of Health in Khartoum. The teams are provided with training, testing kits and PPE, supportive supervision and 14 vehicles to help them respond to alerts quickly. 30...
WHO delivers 18 trucks of medical supplies to northwest Syria through the Bab-al-Hawa border crossing
21 July 2022 – The border crossing of Bab-al-Hawa saw another 18 trucks of medical supplies delivered by WHO cross from Türkiye into the conflict zone of northwest Syria as part of an interagency United Nations convoy on 8 July 2022. At a value of US$ 1.4 million, the medical supplies delivered by WHO contained emergency health kits, provisions for...
COVID-19 cases rising in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cairo, 21 July 2022 – Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region have been reporting a continuous increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths over the last 6 consecutive weeks, with a daily average reaching 18 000 cases and 31 deaths. Easing or lifting the proven public health measures such as mask wearing and social...
UNHCR and WHO join hands to improve access to health for refugees in Sudan
15 July 2022 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and World Health Organization (WHO) signed a letter of understanding on 6 July 2022 to enhance health services for refugees and host communities in Sudan. Building on a 2020 global memorandum of understanding, the agreement enacts the 2 agencies’ first comprehensive partnership in the country beyond...
