8-year-old Ahmad Jan gets treatment for his leg injury at a trauma unit supported by WHO in Kunduz
Highlights, December 2016
- WHO continued to support health services and trauma care in conflict-affected areas during December.
- 592 324 people have been internally displaced due to conflict in 2016, the highest on record. All provinces and a third of all districts are now hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs), with Helmand, Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Uruzgan and Farah experiencing the highest numbers of displacements. (OCHA).
- 4.5 million people live in conflict-affected districts with extremely constrained access to health services.
- Pneumonia cases are increasing as people suffer from harsh winter weather conditions - WHO stepped up the distribution of medical supplies and medicines for vulnerable populations for the winter
- Four new Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreaks were reported in December.