Monthly operational update on health emergencies - August 2023

Overview

In this edition of the Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:

• WHO supports efforts to fight cholera in the Mandera Triangle
• In Chad, health support for refugees from the Sudanese crisis intensifies
• Operational review of WHO’s Türkiye and Syria earthquake response
• Identifying lessons learned from Emergency Medical Team’s response to the Türkiye Earthquake
• Strengthening primary health care facilities’ environmental sustainability and resilience through Téchne’s international multidisciplinary summer school
• PAHO/WHO publishes a landmark evaluation of its COVID-19 response (2020-2022)
• Enhancing preparedness and disaster response capacities in Central America and the Dominican Republic through the third Regional Emergency and Disaster Drill
• Welcoming a new era for respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness in the western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova
• RCCE Collective Service: placing communities at the centre of health emergency readiness and response
• Integrating lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic into future actions: WHO and the Department of Health hold first crisis communications and infodemic management workshop in the Philippines
• Strengthening emergency readiness and response capacities in the South-East Asia Region through enhanced operations support and logistics
• WHO Logistics Hub’s Monthly Update – July 2023
• Global event showcases how open online learning empowers communities to protect public health