Port Sudan, 24 August 2023 – A 2-day endorsement and training-of-trainers workshop began on 23 August 2023 in Port Sudan by H.E. Minister of Health Dr Haitham Muhammed İbrahim Awadallah and WHO Representative Dr Nima Saeed Abid as part of the roll out of the WHO electronic Early Warning Alert and Response System (EWARS) in Sudan. The workshop aims to familiarize surveillance and response teams with the purpose, processes and implementation phases of the system, including roles of stakeholders, criteria for EWARS sites selection, standard case definitions, alert and outbreak thresholds and standard operating procedures for EWARS implementation. More than 60 participants from Federal and state ministries of health and WHO are physically attending the workshop and over 50 participants from partners, including United Nations agencies and international nongovernmental organizations are attending virtually.