Seychelles News

Victoria, Seychelles, 16th May 2017 - The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Centre for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy in South Africa (CDDEP) hosted a 3 day workshop from 8th to 10th May 2017 to discuss strategies to fight anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the country.

Using tools developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ministry of Health (MoH), Seychelles has recently conducted two surveys to generate evidence for future planning and managing of its health system. The two surveys conducted in the country are the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) and the Patient Safety Situational Analysis (PSSA).

Victoria, Seychelles, 25th May 2017 - A group of 30 Managers from different cadres within the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Seychelles have been oriented on the Workload Indicator for Staffing Needs (WISN) methodology developed by the WHO, during a five day workshop at the MoH Headquarters. Three WHO Consultants under the leadership of Dr Magdalene Awases from the Regional Office’s Inter-Support Team facilitated the workshop.