WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies - November 2023

Overview

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

• Transferring patients and health care workers from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza
• Seven months since the escalation of the conflict in Sudan, health needs remain massive 
• Building momentum against diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria
• WHO and Emergency Medical Teams care for burn victims in Armenia
• Design for health care: Téchne, WHO and the Politecnico di Torino develop design proposals for the reconstruction of primary health care facilities in Ukraine
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo launches its revised multisectoral plan to eliminate cholera by 2030
• Ten South American countries strengthen their capacities in risk communication and community engagement
• Samoa advances national health security through its first Joint External Evaluation in partnership with the World Health Organization
• Assessing the quality of laboratory testing for mpox through external quality assessments
• WHO responds to Nepal earthquake
• The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) holds its first Global Partners Forum, reinforcing the importance of collaboration in global surveillance
• Strengthening WHO’s readiness capacities in-country: WHO launches the first online readiness checklist for WHO country offices
• WHO Global Logistics Centers’ Monthly Update
• Reflecting on the EWARS in a box online course: insights from its launch in December 2022