Bangui/Brazzaville, 11 August 2016 – Amid an ongoing complex humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are working with the country’s Ministry of Health respond to a cholera outbreak declared on 10 August 2016 with 46 confirmed cases...

Health care for people in remote and hard to reach areas will be one of the priorities under the over K1000 billion budget allocation for health in the 2017-18 fiscal year, said Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health and Sports Professor Dr Thet Khaing Win. He said the other areas of focus und...

The Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) is prepared to assist the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in a nationwide drive to vaccinate children against Japanese encephalitis, and even lead efforts in areas controlled by armed ethnic organizations. The ministry’s nationwide Japanese e...

Ivorian refugee community health workers courageously battled Ebola and other threats in exile. LITTLE WLEBO CAMP, Liberia, June 2 (UNHCR) – When a deadly Ebola outbreak spread across Liberia killing thousands and sickening many more, Ivorian refugee health worker Jocelyn Konet did not hesitate: Do...

The draft of the Health and Occupational Safety Law written by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population has been submitted to the Hluttaw, said Minister U Thein Swe. The bill will be discussed in the coming Hluttaw session, he said at the Workplace Safety and Health Seminar on Wednesday...

‘A Drop of Milk’, a 2-year pilot program for improving maternal and child health outcomes across 138 villages in Southern Shan State, Myanmar was launched by Tag International Development (TAG), Rotary Club of Yangon & @Rotary Club of Vashon and the Pindaya General Hospital together with the support...

Representatives of nine ethnic health groups from across Myanmar recently held a three-day meeting at the Thailand-Myanmar border to discuss how to deal with challenges they face in delivering medical assistance to people in need as an increasing number of international aid groups withdraw programs ...