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The Communicable Diseases Control Unit (CDCU) at the Yellow Roof Building is administering Yellow Fever Vaccines for free every Monday as from 1.30 pm. If you’ve never taken the vaccine or you’re simple not sure if you have, please call 4388230 for an appointment.

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PRESS RELEASES

  • Listeriosis Update

    South Africa The listeriosis situation in South Africa is improving. Although cases are still being registered, these are diminishing since the source was identified as ready-to-eat processed meat products manufactured at Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane production facility. The recall of implicated food products was announced on 04 March 2018. However, it is expected that new outbreak-related […]

  • International Tobacco Control Experts Finalize WHO African Regional Training Manual for Tobacco Control Enforcement and Compliance

    A dozen of experts in Tobacco Control from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters, Regional Office, South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya, Uganda and Liberia will join Tobacco Control focal points in Seychelles for a 3 day workshop to finalise a Tobacco Enforcement and training manual for the WHO African Region (WHO AFRO) from the 17th to […]

  • Seychelles health sector hails workers with varied activities

    Celebrating this year’s Health Workers Day and World Health Day, a global tribute to all health workers and innovation they bring to the health sector, the Ministry of Health is hosting a week-long programme of activities from the 4th to the 12th April 2018. The programme highlights a seminar to present the performance of the […]

  • Routine medical Screening of food handlers identifies shigella

    During its routine screening of food handlers, the Public Health Authority recorded 15 out of 456 Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory employees who tested positive for Shigella. Shigella is a group of bacteria which causes the infection shigellosis. Some people who are infected with the bacteria may have no symptoms at all. At the time […]

  • South African processed meat banned following update on Listeria contamination

    Following confirmation from the Ministry of Health in South Africa that the source of Listeria contamination and outbreak is processed meat, the Seychelles Public Health Authority has imposed a temporary ban on all ready-to-eat meat products imported from South Africa from Tuesday 6th March 2018. All processed meat products imported from the country, namely polonies, […]

  • Health capacity in implementing international regulations evaluated

    Deliberations from a five day meeting evaluating the Ministry of Health’s implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) will be presented to the Minister for Health, Mr Jean Paul Adam, on Friday 9th March 2018 at 1pm during the closing ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in Beau Vallon. The meeting officially opened on Monday 5th […]

  • World Kidney Day activities promotes ‘My Health, My Responsibility’ approach

    The Ministry of Health in partnership with AMSA is organising a series of activities to create awareness and empower the population, in particular women, to be more mindful of their kidney health in line with this year’s commemoration of  World Kidney 2018, under the theme ‘Kidney & Women’s Health: Include, Value, Empower’. The activities will […]

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