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Cholera vaccination campaign launched to protect 635,000 people in Cox’s Bazar

9 December 2019 --Over 635,000 Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi host community will be vaccinated against cholera in a 3-week-long campaign beginning today at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and nearby areas, to protect vulnerable population against the deadly disease amidst increasing number of cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD).

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Measles vaccination drive launched, North Kivu targets 2.2 million children

5 December 2019 Kinshasa – Around 2.2 million children are to be vaccinated against measles in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where efforts are underway to curb the world’s second-worst Ebola outbreak amid persistent insecurity.

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WHO Director-General praises bravery of health workers during visit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following fatal attacks on Ebola responders

1 December 2019 -- World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited health workers affected by recent armed attacks on Ebola response staff that killed four outbreak responders and injured seven others in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr Tedros called for improved security in the region to protect health workers trying to contain Ebola.

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Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

28 November 2019 -- Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have killed four workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured five others. The attacks occurred overnight on a shared living camp in Biakato Mines and an Ebola response coordination office in Mangina.

Statement: Yellow fever campaign launches in Khartoum State as final phase of country-wide immunization drive

7 November 2019, Khartoum, Sudan – “The final phase of the yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting more than 30 million people across Sudan was launched this week in Khartoum State.

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WHO scales up cholera vigilance in Khartoum, Sudan

5 November 2019, Khartoum, Sudan -- To prevent a potential spread of the current cholera outbreak to Khartoum State – including to the country’s capital Khartoum City – and at the request of the Federal Minister of Health Dr Akram Eltoum, WHO is working closely with health partners, nongovernmental organizations, and at-risk communities to ensure that suspected cases are quickly identified and responded to, and that people can effectively protect themselves from infection.

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WHO Director-General praises bravery of health workers during visit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following fatal attacks on Ebola responders

1 December 2019 -- World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited health workers affected by recent armed attacks on Ebola response staff that killed four outbreak responders and injured seven others in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr Tedros called for improved security in the region to protect health workers trying to contain Ebola.

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Outbreaks and crises

Map showing emergencies around the world that has a WHO grading, 2016.
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WHO has an essential role to play in supporting Member States to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies with public health consequences.

What we do

From prevention through preparedness to early warning, response, and early recovery, the WHO Health Emergencies programme is operational.

Funding

Health crisis in Central African Republic.
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WHO thanks all of the contributors that provide funding or in-kind contribution for WHO’s work for emergencies.

Partners

WHO coordinates the international health response to emergencies and humanitarian crises, but we cannot do this work without our partners who help us deliver health services in even the most difficult situations.

Behind the headlines

At any one time, dozens of infectious disease outbreaks are happening around the world. In this special feature, we visit a series of recent health emergencies, telling the stories behind the headlines and exploring the many different dimensions of an outbreak response.

R&D; Blueprint

Illustration of lab equipment.
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The R&D; Blueprint is a global strategy and preparedness plan to ensure that targeted R&D; can strengthen the emergency response by bringing medical technologies to patients during epidemics.

Disease Outbreak News (DONs)

Oversight

WHO training on personal protective equipment during the Ebola outbreak in Guinea
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The Director-General has established an Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (IOAC), to provide oversight and monitoring of the development and performance of the Programme and to guide the Programme’s activities.

News

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Each issue of the Health Emergency Highlights contains information on the current humanitarian context, the health priorities and response operations