WHO works with partners to scale up the COVID-19 prevention and response, including expanding testing, enhancing surveillance and diagnostics of COVID-19, and helping provincial hospitals and facilities improve case management and infection control. Credit: WHO Afghanistan 19 September 2022 – With the support of the World Health Organization...

18 September 2022, Khartoum, Sudan — I have just concluded a visit to Sudan, where I spent 3 days travelling through 3 states — Khartoum, Gadarif, and Gezira — meeting with community leaders, health officials at the federal and state levels, health care workers, health partners and other stakeholders working together to improve the health and...

Swat, 13 September 2022 – The floodwaters have passed the Swat valley, leaving an impact deep enough to be felt for a long time. Signs of the damage mark the valley, where homes along the river have been reduced to debris and bridges reduced to piles of rubble, highlighting the insignificance of the structures in the face of the climate's wrath. Even the...

12 September 2022 – Thanks to WHO’s recently opened tuberculosis (TB) centre in north-west Syria’s Al-Bab city, patients will no longer have to make the 90-minute drive to Azaz city, where the nearest TB facility had hitherto been located. A WHO needs assessment had revealed that 20% of TB patients diagnosed in the Azaz centre were from Al-Bab...

09 September 2022, Islamabad, Pakistan – Two shipments carrying much needed emergency medical supplies and equipment arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, today in response to critical shortages in the country, ravaged by the most extensive floods in recent history. The shipments contain 15.6 metric tons of cholera kits, water and multipurpose tents that can...

Cairo/Islamabad, 5 September 2022 – We are following closely and with deep concern the humanitarian crisis currently facing the people of Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon floods. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Pakistan, especially in the directly affected communities and including our own WHO staff and national...

Photo credit: WHO/Mohbeen Ansari Cairo – Islamabad, 30 August 2022 – As districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns of significant public health threats facing affected populations, including the risk of further spread of water- and...

28 August 2022 – WHO is deeply alarmed by recent reports of attacks of health care facilities in Libya. According to reports from the Ministry of Health in Tripoli and Health Cluster partners, hospitals and health centres in Tripoli were attacked during widespread violence in the capital on 26 and 27 August 2022.  Dozens of people were injured and...

29 August 2022 – Tunisia is among 6 African countries (Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) that were selected to receive mRNA technology transfer as part of a WHO initiative. A mission of senior WHO experts, who visited Tunisia from 23 to 25 August 2022, had extensive meetings with all stakeholders, including the Institut...

Tabletop simulation during the WHO mass casualty management training for Gaza public hospitals, March 2022, Gaza Strip. Credit: WHO 23 August 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO)’s long-term support for increased preparedness and response capacity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the Gaza Strip, proved vital during the...