Key Figures 2,563,560 People reached with health services 1,544 Health facilities supported 106 Health workers trained 110,150 People reached by medical kits deployed 170 Rapid response teams...
Highlights The humanitarian situation continued to deteriorate in 2021 with a 20 % increase in the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance (from 5.9 to 7.1 million); 52% of whom are women...
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January’s deadly storms across Western Europe and South-Eastern Africa offer a stark reminder of the reality of the climate crisis. Storm Ana, which raged through Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi...
This Appeal has been revised to accommodate the impact of Tropical Storm (TS) Ana which made landfall on 24 January 2022. The Revised Appeal details additional support needed to cover the needs of...
WHO has joined forces with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre to support malaria prevention and control efforts across the country. Under a blazing midday sun in the Tur Al-Baha district...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Dengue fever is a year-round and nationwide risk in Pakistan. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad, 22,938 dengue fever...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the context Venezuela continues to face a complex situation in which access to essential services, especially health services, remains critical. With the outbreak...
Months of tension and protests in Burkina Faso culminated in a military takeover on Monday 24 January. The political crisis adds to a fragile context characterised by an ongoing conflict with a...
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In Numbers 4 mt of food assistance distributed USD 8.2 m six months (January 2022 – June 2022) net funding requirements 500 people assisted in December 2021 Operational Updates On 22 December 2021,...
26 January 2022 | Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated the national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa fever Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to...
Since 2017, the Djugu territory of Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been convulsed by conflict. In November 2021, rising community tensions resulted in four...
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WHO Director-General outlines five priorities for world and for WHO going forward: Our commitment in the coming year – and in the coming five years – is to dramatically strengthen our ability to...
Brazzaville, 20 January 2022 – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron...
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COVAX, the vaccine pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), has now shipped over 1 billion doses to 144 countries and territories To respond to new challenges and support...
SEATTLE and LONDON (January 18, 2022) – Today the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome each pledged US$150 million for a total of US$300 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...
Overview Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and its fragile health system remains in need of critical support. WHO and partners have scaled up support to mitigate the impact...
Justin van Fleet explains why 2022 needs to be the year when the world finally demonstrates its collective faith in and financial commitment to education. He is President of Theirworld and Executive...
This Situation Update describes events that occurred in T‘Naw Th’Ree (Tanintharyi) Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, including the problems that local villagers are facing. Anti-coup protests and a...
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Flooding was reported in South Africa last week Africa Weather Hazards Locust swarms are forecast to migrate to northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. Severe drought continues in Somalia, Ethiopia,...
Over 835,000 people have been affected by the worst floods in decades in South Sudan. Nyatuak Koang is one of them. She was displaced by the flooding in Unity state, and now lives in a makeshift camp...