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IGAD National Policy Consultants and Regional Policy Experts Meet to Collaborate on the Domestication of the Cross-Border Data Sharing and Protection Policy Implementation

March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023, (NAIROBI, Kenya) : The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and GIZ Djibouti Digital Health Project team has…
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IGAD and WHO Strategise to Prepare for Health and Food Security Risks

February 16, 2023
February 15, 2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) today…
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EQUALIZE – WORLD AIDS DAY 2022

December 1, 2022
IGAD join celebrating the World AIDS Day 2022 in all IGAD - supported refugee camps (54 sites) and IGAD –…
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IGAD Launches a COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign among Truck Drivers on the Ethio-Djibouti Trade Corridors

November 28, 2022
November 27, 2022, (PK12, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with support from the European Union through the EU-IGAD…
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IGAD is Cognisant of the Imminent Risk Posed by the Ongoing Ebola Outbreak

October 14, 2022
October 12, 2022 (KAMPALA, Uganda):  A High–level Emergency Ministerial meeting held on Cross-border Collaboration for Preparedness and Response to Ebola…
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Assessment on the Impact of Covid-19 on Migrant Workers in and from the IGAD Region

September 30, 2022
The report provides an overview about the situation of COVID-19 in the IGAD region and identifies the major socio economic…
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IGAD and UNHCR Signed a PR-SR Grant Agreement of US $1,738,528

August 16, 2022
August 15, 2022 (Djibouti-Ville, Djibouti): The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretory, H.E Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD), and Clementine Nkweta-Salami,…
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IGAD Digital Health Planning Meeting

August 4, 2022
August 1, 2022 (AddisAbaba, Ethiopia) The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), commenced a Digital Health Planning Meeting with the Member…
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EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response Continues its Support to Vulnerable Communities Across the IGAD Region

July 5, 2022
July 4, 2022 (Djibouti, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) commenced the 5th EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response Project Steering Committee…
IGAD Regional Cross-Border Health Digitalization progress
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IGAD Regional Cross-Border Health Digitalization progress

June 19, 2022
June 15, 2022 (Nairobi, Kenya): The IGAD-Health Digitalization team met with their GIZ colleagues in Nairobi, Kenya from the 13th…
IGAD Regional Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy Framework
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IGAD Regional Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy Framework

June 16, 2022
Regional Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Is a regional trade bloc that seeks…
IGAD Executive Secretary and Health Minister for Ethiopia
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IGAD and the EU Hand Over Ambulances to the Government of Ethiopia

May 4, 2022
May 3, 2022 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, on…
Impact of Covid-19 on Education systems in the IGAD region
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Covid-19 Vaccination, What’s the Status in the IGAD Region?

March 31, 2022
Early in the development of vaccines for Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), World Health Organization (WHO) led the establishment of…
IGAD Health Ministers meeting in Mombasa
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IGAD Health Ministers Commit to Scale up Health Services for Refugees and Cross Borders

March 26, 2022
March 25, 2022 (MOMBASA, Kenya): Ministers in charge of Health of member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on development (IGAD) today…
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IGAD Trains Member States Experts on Quality Medicines Surveillance

December 7, 2021
01-10-2018, Entebbe (Uganda): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) this morning opened a workshop for Member States’ experts in charge…
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IGAD and WHO Train for Harmonisation of Medicines Registration

December 7, 2021
20-08-2018, Entebbe (Uganda): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO), this morning launched…
IGAD Press statement
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IGAD to Officially Inaugurate its Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence

April 30, 2021
April 17, 2021 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will officially inaugurate it’s Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence (RCCE) at…
IGAD E.S laying foundation for Regional Cancer Center
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IGAD Officially Inaugurates its Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence at a Foundation Laying Ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

April 30, 2021
April 19, 2021 (Addis Ababa). The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) marked yet another milestone on its ambition to establish…
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IGAD Delegation Meets H.E Dr Riek Gai Kok, Minister of Health of South Sudan in Juba, South Sudan

December 7, 2019
A delegation from IGAD Secretariat headed by Mr Elsadig Abdalla, Director of Economic Cooperation and Integration has met H.E Dr…
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IGAD, Partners and Member States Call for Harmonization and Collaboration of Regional Medicines Regulation

April 26, 2016
Khartoum, Sudan 26-4-2016: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) together with Member States and partners are meeting for the 2nd…
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IGAD Embarks on Mobilizing Resources for a Regional Cancer Centre

April 20, 2016
  HE Dr. Amir addressing the audience during the opening ceremnoy Addis Ababa, 20-04-2016: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)…
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Addis Hosts Resource Mobilization Conference for IGAD Regional Cancer Centre

April 20, 2016
Fathia Alwan, PM - IGAD Health and Social Affairs addressing media during the press conference Addis Ababa, 19-04-2016: To mobilize…
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IGAD and WHO Officials Chart Out Way Forward on Regional Medicines Regulation

November 8, 2015
Djibouti, 06-11-2015: Senior officials of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a joint…
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The First IGAD Regional Medicines Regulatory Authorities Conference on Regulatory Coordination and Harmonization

August 5, 2015
  August 03, 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:  IGAD, in partnership with Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, WHO, UNFPA, and…
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UNFPA and Regional Organizations Examine Quality Assurance for Reproductive Health Commodities

August 12, 2014
  12th August 2014, Addis Ababa: IGAD in collaboration with the East and Southern African Regional Office (ESARO) of the…
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Plans Underway for the December IGAD International Health Conference

July 27, 2014
Between 15th and 19th July 2014, a mission was conducted in Addis Ababa by senior IGAD staff from the Secretariat…
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Visiting the Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia

July 27, 2014
An IGAD delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Japanese Embassy in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, 22nd July 2014.  …