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Health Action in Crises

Somalia

Physician examining child in Soyda
WHO
23 July 2010 -- Reported cases of cholera in Mogadishu have been on the rise in recent weeks as health facilities struggle to cope amid continued displacement of people due to conflict. WHO and partners have been training health staff in various parts of the country on cholera and acute watery diarrhoea case management and providing medical supplies.


- Highlights 17 - 23 July 2010 [pdf 303kb]
- Acute watery diarrhoea morbidity trends map - 18 July 2010 [pdf 249kb]
- More information on Somalia
- WHO Country Office in Somalia web site

Mother and child
WHO
Kyrgyzstan
23 July 2010 -- In the wake of the country's recent insecurity, Health Cluster partners are seeking funds to deliver a wide range of health care services to affected people. These include projects focusing on mental health support, primary and secondary health care and mobile outreach support, surveillance of communicable diseases, immunization, reproductive health and nutrition.
- Situation report - 20 July 2010
- Inter-agency health/nutrition initial rapid assessment - 16 July 2010 [pdf 396kb]
- Public health risk assessment and interventions
- More information

Photo of a child with stethoscope.
Photo: Nyka Alexander
Haiti
12 July 2010 -- At least 90% of Haitians have nearby access to health care six months after the devastating earthquake that killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people. No disease outbreaks have occurred and systems to rehabilitate people injured in the quake are in place. But great needs persist to protect the health of Haitians and rebuild the country's health system.
- Pan American Health Organization: Latest from Haiti
- A Clean Water Partnership in Haiti
- OCHA Haiti Earthquake: six months later
- IASC Haiti Earthquake 6 month report
- More information

WHO's Mediterranean Centre (WMC)
New hi-tech premises housing WHO's Mediterranean Centre (WMC) for Health Risk Reduction in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, have been inaugurated by Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. This global center is a multi-faceted hub that incorporates trainings and learning, disaster risk and vulnerability mapping, research, and information management and sharing, as well as being a meeting and conference centre for health and non-health subjects.
- Inauguration of new permises
- WMC brochure [pdf 1.10Mb]



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