Ethiopia Launches Hypertension Program
Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health announced a new program that will bring treatment for high blood pressure to approximately 3 million people.
A drive for better health: how Riders for Health Liberia uses motorcycle transportation to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks
Born out of the Ebola crises, Riders for Health provides sample transportation in Liberia.
Risk Communications for Epidemic Prevention
Our Prevent Epidemics team supported a WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Capacity Strengthening workshop with representatives from 6 countries in Abuja, Nigeria.
Training of Trainers in Ethiopia
With support from WHO and the Federal Ministry of Health, our Ethiopia team led a training of trainers on hypertension prevention and control in Addis Ababa
Prioritizing the Contingency Fund for health emergencies in Uganda
At a meeting on improving health security hosted by the Ministry of Health in Uganda, our team agreed to work with other legal stakeholders to prioritize the Contingencies Fund for Emergencies.
Improving Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness
Our team worked with experts in Kampala, Uganda to create a strategic plan for engaging partners in DRC and other countries at high risk for Ebola transmission.
Tracking implementation of Nigeria’s National Action Plan for Health Security
We helped design and implement a free, user-friendly tool to help officials from 13 different organizations within the Nigerian government to coordinate their National Action Plan for Health Security.
Assessing Yellow Fever preparedness in Nigeria
As part of our collaboration with the National Center for Disease Control, laboratory network consultant Celestina Obiekea conducted an assessment of yellow fever diagnosis capacity in laboratories in Nigeria.
Novel water sanitation program saves lives in Zimbabwe
Community Health Clubs were created by Harare residents to provide clean and safe water.
Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness training course begins
Our Prevent Epidemics team kicked off a 12-month certified training program for mid-level program managers working in emergency preparedness in Rwanda.
Africa Health Agenda International Conference
We participated in AHAIC 2019 in Rwanda, where we met with our implementing partners and provided demos of PreventEpidemics.org to conference attendees.
Rwanda prepares for Ebola
Rwanda conducted a simulation exercise to prepare for new cases of Ebola entering the country from neighboring DRC. Read what they learned…
Rwanda readies its systems for potential Ebola outbreak
Teams of healthcare professionals from 15 different hospitals gathered together hurriedly.
Uganda prepares its borders for potential Ebola cases
Health screening site set up at a point of entry in Uganda as part of their Ebola preparedness effort. Our Prevent Epidemics team deployed to Uganda to support their preparedness efforts.
Momentum growing to eliminate trans fat
The NCD Alliance hosted a trans fat event at the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health in Dubai. The key message at the event was that trans fat can be completely replaced without changing cost or taste of food.
Nigeria launches action plan for health security
Nigeria launched its National Action Plan for Health Security, a five-year roadmap for coordinating and implementing systems to find, stop and prevent health threats.
Ethiopia launches salt reduction program
We joined experts from WHO and the Ethiopian government for a workshop to kick off Ethiopia’s salt reduction program.
Scaling up Ebola preparedness: Tanzania trains frontline healthcare workers
Tanzania proactively prepares for Ebola.
Tanzania prepares for Ebola
Tanzania has been gearing up to combat the Ebola virus, starting with its healthcare workers. Read the story on Prevent Epidemics.org.
Supporting health security improvements in Liberia
We met with representatives from the National Public Health Institute of Liberia to discuss ways to accelerate progress on health security.
New partnerships with the private sector will strengthen NCDC’s ability to protect Nigerians
Partnerships are critical to public health institutes.
African Field Epidemiology Network
We met with representatives of the African Field Epidemiology Network: they are a non-profit alliance dedicated to helping Ministries of Health in Africa build strong, effective, sustainable programs.
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control demonstrates outbreak control capacity
Africa’s largest country responds to dozens of life-threatening outbreaks each year.
Four years later: how Ebola created a public health cadre in Sierra Leone
A new cadre of public health staff in Sierra Leone are committed to saving lives.
Impact of Ebola remains in Guinea long after outbreak ends
A non-profit now helps Ebola survivors cope with the permanent effects of their illness.
NAPHS in Nigeria
Dr. Chris Lee traveled to Nigeria to support the government’s development of their National Action Plan for Health Security.
Tanzania’s lessons learned: how assessments help them prepare for health threats
Health leaders in Tanzania share lessons learned from their Joint External Evaluation.