WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies - September 2023
9 October 2023
| Emergency Situational Updates
Overview
In this edition of WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
- EWARS in a box supports El Niño event in central America
- Responding to the devastating floods in Libya
- The Health and WASH clusters complete a joint Whole of Syria cholera operational review
- Cholera: Reaching isolated populations on La Gonâve Island, Haiti
- WHO calls for donor support as Afghanistan’s health system suffers critical underfunding
- WHO rolls out an electronic Early Warning Alert and Response (EWAR) system in Sudan to facilitate early detection and timely response to disease outbreaks
- Africa CDC, WHO and RKI launched a Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa
- Empowering youth in health emergencies: a story of collaboration and engagement
- WHO pioneers the development of a disease-agnostic contact tracing guideline
- COVID-19 After Action Review: A tool for health system learning and strengthening following the pandemic
- WHO Global Logistics Centers’ Monthly Update
- Ensuring access to online learning on mpox
WHO Team
Emergency Response (WRE)