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The devastating impact of Cyclone Chido has affected more than 620 000 people in Mozambique, with the three northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa worst-hit by the cyclone which made landfall on 15 December 2024, damaging homes, schools and other crucial infrastructure. Forty-eight health facilities have been damaged and equipment and medical supplies destroyed. The government has mounted a multisectoral emergency response, with support from partners, including World Health Organization (WHO) which has deployed emergency health officers to help conduct assessments in five districts in two provinces and establish temporary structures to meet the immediate health needs of injured people and ensure continuity of essential health services for people with chronic conditions. https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/responding-health-needs-mozambique-wake-cyclone-chido" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451.50501672241" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.752508361204px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The local Hospital in Mecufi, northern Mozambique, had its structures completely destroyed by Cyclone Chido. The devastating impact of Cyclone Chido has affected more than 620 000 people in Mozambique, with the three northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa worst-hit by the cyclone which made landfall on 15 December 2024, damaging homes, schools and other crucial infrastructure. Forty-eight health facilities have been damaged and equipment and medical supplies destroyed. The government has mounted a multisectoral emergency response, with support from partners, including World Health Organization (WHO) which has deployed emergency health officers to help conduct assessments in five districts in two provinces and establish temporary structures to meet the immediate health needs of injured people and ensure continuity of essential health services for people with chronic conditions. https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/responding-health-needs-mozambique-wake-cyclone-chido" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451.50501672241" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.752508361204px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The local Hospital in Mecufi, northern Mozambique, had its structures completely destroyed by Cyclone Chido. The devastating impact of Cyclone Chido has affected more than 620 000 people in Mozambique, with the three northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa worst-hit by the cyclone which made landfall on 15 December 2024, damaging homes, schools and other crucial infrastructure. Forty-eight health facilities have been damaged and equipment and medical supplies destroyed. The government has mounted a multisectoral emergency response, with support from partners, including World Health Organization (WHO) which has deployed emergency health officers to help conduct assessments in five districts in two provinces and establish temporary structures to meet the immediate health needs of injured people and ensure continuity of essential health services for people with chronic conditions. https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/responding-health-needs-mozambique-wake-cyclone-chido" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451.50501672241" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.752508361204px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1843"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1843/mpox-2022-to-current">Mpox: 2022 to current <span>(121)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1843/mpox-2022-to-current" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/171335_642.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=8ea67d1a9cd8c4eafa986e71c6599094d9106ecfe836749ef7509a43482281d3" alt="In June 2022, a WHO team provides information about how to avoid mpox to residents of Lweki area in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://www.afro.who.int/fr/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/dans-les-regions-reculees-de-la-rdc-une-riposte-coordonnee-la-variole-simienne" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="642" height="300" style="margin-left:-171px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="In June 2022, a WHO team provides information about how to avoid mpox to residents of Lweki area in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://www.afro.who.int/fr/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/dans-les-regions-reculees-de-la-rdc-une-riposte-coordonnee-la-variole-simienne" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="642" height="300" style="margin-left:-171px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="In June 2022, a WHO team provides information about how to avoid mpox to residents of Lweki area in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://www.afro.who.int/fr/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/dans-les-regions-reculees-de-la-rdc-une-riposte-coordonnee-la-variole-simienne" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="642" height="300" style="margin-left:-171px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1674"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1674/bangladesh-dengue-fever-2023">BANGLADESH: Dengue Fever – 2023 <span>(74)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1674/bangladesh-dengue-fever-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/150853_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=719c38590fa4b530b5db88271f19374d640c216d22f541a92e8a512c2f11df71" alt="Resma is treated for complications from dengue at Mugda Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 20 September 2023. Since April 2023 Bangladesh has been experiencing its most severe outbreak of dengue on record. The outbreak is putting huge pressure on the health system. The higher incidence of dengue is taking place in the context of an unusual episodic amount of rainfall, combined with high temperatures and high humidity, which have resulted in an increased mosquito population throughout Bangladesh. WHO is supporting the authorities to strengthen surveillance, laboratory capacity, clinical management, vector control, risk communication and community engagement, and has trained doctors and deployed experts on the ground. WHO has also provided supplies to test for dengue and to support care for patients. Read more : https://www.who.int/bangladesh/emergencies/dengue-update-2023" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Resma is treated for complications from dengue at Mugda Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 20 September 2023. Since April 2023 Bangladesh has been experiencing its most severe outbreak of dengue on record. The outbreak is putting huge pressure on the health system. The higher incidence of dengue is taking place in the context of an unusual episodic amount of rainfall, combined with high temperatures and high humidity, which have resulted in an increased mosquito population throughout Bangladesh. WHO is supporting the authorities to strengthen surveillance, laboratory capacity, clinical management, vector control, risk communication and community engagement, and has trained doctors and deployed experts on the ground. WHO has also provided supplies to test for dengue and to support care for patients. Read more : https://www.who.int/bangladesh/emergencies/dengue-update-2023" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Resma is treated for complications from dengue at Mugda Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 20 September 2023. Since April 2023 Bangladesh has been experiencing its most severe outbreak of dengue on record. The outbreak is putting huge pressure on the health system. The higher incidence of dengue is taking place in the context of an unusual episodic amount of rainfall, combined with high temperatures and high humidity, which have resulted in an increased mosquito population throughout Bangladesh. WHO is supporting the authorities to strengthen surveillance, laboratory capacity, clinical management, vector control, risk communication and community engagement, and has trained doctors and deployed experts on the ground. WHO has also provided supplies to test for dengue and to support care for patients. Read more : https://www.who.int/bangladesh/emergencies/dengue-update-2023" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1682"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1682/kenya-multiregion-cholera-2023">KENYA: Multi-Region Cholera – 2023 <span>(149)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1682/kenya-multiregion-cholera-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/149370_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=20c301d91ea1ad89b42666f58b874dd321bd888f7233db5f6e70b1fdb7f794c2" alt="On 4 August 2023, Felister administers the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) to a young mother at a church in Mashuuru, Kajiado. The OCV campaign was held from 3 - 12 August 2023 as part of the ongoing response to a cholera outbreak which was first reported in Kenya in October 2022. More than 1800 vaccinators and 900 volunteers were involved in the campaign, which reached almost 1.7 million people in 8 sub-counties." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 4 August 2023, Felister administers the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) to a young mother at a church in Mashuuru, Kajiado. The OCV campaign was held from 3 - 12 August 2023 as part of the ongoing response to a cholera outbreak which was first reported in Kenya in October 2022. More than 1800 vaccinators and 900 volunteers were involved in the campaign, which reached almost 1.7 million people in 8 sub-counties." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 4 August 2023, Felister administers the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) to a young mother at a church in Mashuuru, Kajiado. The OCV campaign was held from 3 - 12 August 2023 as part of the ongoing response to a cholera outbreak which was first reported in Kenya in October 2022. More than 1800 vaccinators and 900 volunteers were involved in the campaign, which reached almost 1.7 million people in 8 sub-counties." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1678"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1678/dr-congo-humanitarian-crisis-2023">DR CONGO: Humanitarian Crisis – 2023 <span>(27)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1678/dr-congo-humanitarian-crisis-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/136883_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=faf074777790664af68aac689ea824c244ffab08170aeef8db6bfe73c50da572" alt="On 3 March 2023, Sofia (right), 60, prepares a meal for her family in front of their shelter in Bulengo camp, about 15 kilometres from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A group in the east of the country has taken up arms again, disrupting the already fragile humanitarian situation in the area. Since early April 2022, almost 900,000 people living in the territory of Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and Masisi have been forced to flee their homes to seek refuge in villages north and west of the city of Goma and other communities in the territory of Lubero. As of March 2023, more than 40,000 people were taking shelter in the camp of Bulengo. WHO and partners are helping to improve sanitation and are providing emergency health services for camp residents, but the needs in the area are enormous and more support is needed." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 3 March 2023, Sofia (right), 60, prepares a meal for her family in front of their shelter in Bulengo camp, about 15 kilometres from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A group in the east of the country has taken up arms again, disrupting the already fragile humanitarian situation in the area. Since early April 2022, almost 900,000 people living in the territory of Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and Masisi have been forced to flee their homes to seek refuge in villages north and west of the city of Goma and other communities in the territory of Lubero. As of March 2023, more than 40,000 people were taking shelter in the camp of Bulengo. WHO and partners are helping to improve sanitation and are providing emergency health services for camp residents, but the needs in the area are enormous and more support is needed." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 3 March 2023, Sofia (right), 60, prepares a meal for her family in front of their shelter in Bulengo camp, about 15 kilometres from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A group in the east of the country has taken up arms again, disrupting the already fragile humanitarian situation in the area. Since early April 2022, almost 900,000 people living in the territory of Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and Masisi have been forced to flee their homes to seek refuge in villages north and west of the city of Goma and other communities in the territory of Lubero. As of March 2023, more than 40,000 people were taking shelter in the camp of Bulengo. WHO and partners are helping to improve sanitation and are providing emergency health services for camp residents, but the needs in the area are enormous and more support is needed." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1687"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1687/equatorial-guinea-marburg-virus-2023">EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Marburg virus – 2023 <span>(30)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1687/equatorial-guinea-marburg-virus-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/148162_400.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=8a0eefa70b4e75cf8879386d6d05b5e9485b5b2f6bb7af89ce28c903183c9295" alt="The first confirmed Marburg virus disease patients to be admitted to Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata arrive at the centre on 29 March 2023. WHO supported the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea in the establishment of the Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata and in the coordination of a referral system, including three ambulances that can transport suspected and confirmed patients from any district in the region and bring them to the treatment centre. Related: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON472" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The first confirmed Marburg virus disease patients to be admitted to Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata arrive at the centre on 29 March 2023. WHO supported the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea in the establishment of the Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata and in the coordination of a referral system, including three ambulances that can transport suspected and confirmed patients from any district in the region and bring them to the treatment centre. Related: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON472" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The first confirmed Marburg virus disease patients to be admitted to Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata arrive at the centre on 29 March 2023. WHO supported the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea in the establishment of the Mondong Treatment Centre in Bata and in the coordination of a referral system, including three ambulances that can transport suspected and confirmed patients from any district in the region and bring them to the treatment centre. Related: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON472" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1688"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1688/uganda-sudan-virus-disease-svd-2022-to-2023">UGANDA: Sudan virus disease (SVD) – 2022 to 2023 <span>(28)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <span class="editors_pick" title="Editor's Pick"></span> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1688/uganda-sudan-virus-disease-svd-2022-to-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/131614_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=3ee2f8c4a0a48cc6fd40f655dd88a5827876a0a0cd68e6c9c5a96c04f9a7e36d" alt="WHO case management consultant Senyonga Muzafalu speaks to a health worker at the Ebola Treatment Unit in Entebbe on 8 November 2022. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species, after the confirmation of a case in Mubende district in the central part of the country. WHO is working closely with the government-led response, providing advice, supplies and specialists. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-uganda-2022" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO case management consultant Senyonga Muzafalu speaks to a health worker at the Ebola Treatment Unit in Entebbe on 8 November 2022. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species, after the confirmation of a case in Mubende district in the central part of the country. WHO is working closely with the government-led response, providing advice, supplies and specialists. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-uganda-2022" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO case management consultant Senyonga Muzafalu speaks to a health worker at the Ebola Treatment Unit in Entebbe on 8 November 2022. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species, after the confirmation of a case in Mubende district in the central part of the country. WHO is working closely with the government-led response, providing advice, supplies and specialists. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-uganda-2022" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1689"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1689/ukraine-polio-cvdpv-outbreak-2021-to-2023">UKRAINE: Polio cVDPV Outbreak – 2021 to 2023 <span>(28)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1689/ukraine-polio-cvdpv-outbreak-2021-to-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/134929_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=68a1b2369c2c0c829e28fa86bc36d1c44d8abab40615111f51d0c1a8e6d5d7fd" alt="A child from the Roma community receives oral polio vaccine at a community health care centre in Mukachevo district, Ukraine, on 27 February 2023. Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in Ukraine in 2021. Since that time, WHO and partners have been assisting Ukraine to respond to the polio outbreak. Thanks to the concerted efforts of WHO, international partners, national authorities and local communities, no cases of polio have been detected in the country for over a year. Related video: https://youtu.be/hqpxjOWBsyE" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A child from the Roma community receives oral polio vaccine at a community health care centre in Mukachevo district, Ukraine, on 27 February 2023. Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in Ukraine in 2021. Since that time, WHO and partners have been assisting Ukraine to respond to the polio outbreak. Thanks to the concerted efforts of WHO, international partners, national authorities and local communities, no cases of polio have been detected in the country for over a year. Related video: https://youtu.be/hqpxjOWBsyE" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A child from the Roma community receives oral polio vaccine at a community health care centre in Mukachevo district, Ukraine, on 27 February 2023. Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in Ukraine in 2021. Since that time, WHO and partners have been assisting Ukraine to respond to the polio outbreak. Thanks to the concerted efforts of WHO, international partners, national authorities and local communities, no cases of polio have been detected in the country for over a year. Related video: https://youtu.be/hqpxjOWBsyE" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1696"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1696/ukraine-conflict-2013-to-2023">UKRAINE conflict – 2013 to 2023 <span>(549)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1696/ukraine-conflict-2013-to-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/148380_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=eae652d1fe16cb0cb6f1396b0f5043cda2e53c57152d568612dd5c223f172563" alt="WHO supplies are offloaded at a health facility in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 28 July 2023. The 14 pallets of medical kits included medical supplies for trauma and emergency surgery as well as noncommunicable disease treatments. Related video: https://youtu.be/nKouoRP8_88?si=1KUUoVnHXEOnF4gz" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO supplies are offloaded at a health facility in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 28 July 2023. The 14 pallets of medical kits included medical supplies for trauma and emergency surgery as well as noncommunicable disease treatments. Related video: https://youtu.be/nKouoRP8_88?si=1KUUoVnHXEOnF4gz" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO supplies are offloaded at a health facility in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 28 July 2023. The 14 pallets of medical kits included medical supplies for trauma and emergency surgery as well as noncommunicable disease treatments. Related video: https://youtu.be/nKouoRP8_88?si=1KUUoVnHXEOnF4gz" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1684"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1684/uganda-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-ins">UGANDA: Greater Horn of Africa – Drought and Food Insecurity – 2022 to current <span>(48)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1684/uganda-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-ins" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/131651_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=a4e997bcf10bd86b1ac3534007fe38b25ce67d0dd0836c840d9eb1eab0da16e0" alt="Prisca at her food stall at Nadunget Trading Centre in Moroto on 3 November 2022. She gets food to sell from the neighbouring districts like Mbale, Kapchorwa, and Sironko because there is a lack of food in the Karamoja region. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. As people become increasingly food insecure, some must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Prisca at her food stall at Nadunget Trading Centre in Moroto on 3 November 2022. She gets food to sell from the neighbouring districts like Mbale, Kapchorwa, and Sironko because there is a lack of food in the Karamoja region. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. As people become increasingly food insecure, some must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Prisca at her food stall at Nadunget Trading Centre in Moroto on 3 November 2022. She gets food to sell from the neighbouring districts like Mbale, Kapchorwa, and Sironko because there is a lack of food in the Karamoja region. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. As people become increasingly food insecure, some must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1683"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1683/somalia-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-in">SOMALIA: Greater Horn of Africa – Drought and Food Insecurity – 2022 to current <span>(40)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1683/somalia-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-in" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/130277_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=2aee2ee37a27f6ed2984da97ed4ddbc22d7ef8382760387bbedcf04eaaac9a3f" alt="Bundabo Hassan Abdi has recently arrived to the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp in Baidoa. After her husband died she had no way to care for their five children and had to flee in search of humanitarian assistance. Somalia is currently experiencing an escalating drought that has affected 7.8 million people and displaced 1.1 million in search of food, water, and humanitarian assistance. An estimated 4.3 million people (26% of total population) are experiencing severe food crisis or worse, including 121,000 people in a catastrophe (IPC 5) level. 33% of the children below 5 years of age suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications. The effects of food insecurity and drought are further compounded by protracted conflict and lack of access to healthcare for most of the population. WHO is providing life-saving assistance in drought- affected areas, working with families, local communities, and governments throughout Somalia." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Bundabo Hassan Abdi has recently arrived to the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp in Baidoa. After her husband died she had no way to care for their five children and had to flee in search of humanitarian assistance. Somalia is currently experiencing an escalating drought that has affected 7.8 million people and displaced 1.1 million in search of food, water, and humanitarian assistance. An estimated 4.3 million people (26% of total population) are experiencing severe food crisis or worse, including 121,000 people in a catastrophe (IPC 5) level. 33% of the children below 5 years of age suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications. The effects of food insecurity and drought are further compounded by protracted conflict and lack of access to healthcare for most of the population. WHO is providing life-saving assistance in drought- affected areas, working with families, local communities, and governments throughout Somalia." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Bundabo Hassan Abdi has recently arrived to the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp in Baidoa. After her husband died she had no way to care for their five children and had to flee in search of humanitarian assistance. Somalia is currently experiencing an escalating drought that has affected 7.8 million people and displaced 1.1 million in search of food, water, and humanitarian assistance. An estimated 4.3 million people (26% of total population) are experiencing severe food crisis or worse, including 121,000 people in a catastrophe (IPC 5) level. 33% of the children below 5 years of age suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications. The effects of food insecurity and drought are further compounded by protracted conflict and lack of access to healthcare for most of the population. WHO is providing life-saving assistance in drought- affected areas, working with families, local communities, and governments throughout Somalia." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1685"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1685/ethiopia-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-i">ETHIOPIA: Greater Horn of Africa – Drought and Food Insecurity – 2022 to current <span>(40)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1685/ethiopia-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-i" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/130157_443.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=cfc03ea21eb3ed8b6f6f0802036a7ad2dae85240c919b2e7a2fcbd59ef8a1945" alt="On 19 October 2022, a mother stands for a portrait with her two-year-old son Yoso, who she took for a check-up from the Eltomale Site Mobile Health and Nutrition Team in Chifra, Afar. WHO supports mobile health and nutrition teams in Afar directly or through partners. The pictured mobile health team is one of five teams that WHO directly supports by covering operational costs, providing medical supplies and training. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="443" height="300" style="margin-left:-71.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 19 October 2022, a mother stands for a portrait with her two-year-old son Yoso, who she took for a check-up from the Eltomale Site Mobile Health and Nutrition Team in Chifra, Afar. WHO supports mobile health and nutrition teams in Afar directly or through partners. The pictured mobile health team is one of five teams that WHO directly supports by covering operational costs, providing medical supplies and training. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="443" height="300" style="margin-left:-71.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 19 October 2022, a mother stands for a portrait with her two-year-old son Yoso, who she took for a check-up from the Eltomale Site Mobile Health and Nutrition Team in Chifra, Afar. WHO supports mobile health and nutrition teams in Afar directly or through partners. The pictured mobile health team is one of five teams that WHO directly supports by covering operational costs, providing medical supplies and training. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="443" height="300" style="margin-left:-71.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1686"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1686/kenya-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-inse">KENYA: Greater Horn of Africa – Drought and Food Insecurity – 2022 to current <span>(44)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1686/kenya-greater-horn-of-africa-drought-and-food-inse" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/129405_434.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=af6d0c0bbf9098ffff6bdd72ad6e37d690702e805533c68f3705dbb25c322ee5" alt="On 20 September 2022, Intore (left) is screened for malnutrition by a member of a mobile health team in Korr, Marsabit. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="434" height="300" style="margin-left:-67px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 20 September 2022, Intore (left) is screened for malnutrition by a member of a mobile health team in Korr, Marsabit. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="434" height="300" style="margin-left:-67px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 20 September 2022, Intore (left) is screened for malnutrition by a member of a mobile health team in Korr, Marsabit. Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. M any people have left their homes in search of food and water, and pasture for animals. Large-scale displacement is often accompanied by a deterioration in hygiene and sanitation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases are a major concern, especially when combined with low existing vaccination coverage and health service availability. As people become increasingly food insecure, they also must make the impossible choice between food and healthcare, even as nutritional deficiencies make them increasingly vulnerable to disease. This is particularly true for children, for whom the combination of malnutrition and disease can prove fatal. WHO and partners are working to counter the consequences of malnutrition, respond to disease outbreaks, and ensure that essential health services can continue. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="434" height="300" style="margin-left:-67px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1693"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1693/afghanistan-complex-emergencies-2015-to-2023">AFGHANISTAN: Complex Emergencies – 2015 to 2023 <span>(122)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1693/afghanistan-complex-emergencies-2015-to-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/131808_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=ec3d2ba5aa2490f05a43de88c26211424c1085d864309d2bdf59ea278c2d2f62" alt="Women and children wait outside of the paediatric section of Mirbachakot Hospital on 24 November 2022. WHO provides medical supplies and support to this hospital. Decades of conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks and natural disasters have taken a huge toll in Afghanistan, leaving more than half of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. Since August 2021, the impact of the economic crisis on basic services has worsened the situation for vulnerable people and weakened the health system’s ability to cope with multiple threats, including widespread malnutrition, a surge in measles cases, COVID-19, acute watery diarrhoea, natural disasters and the increasing need for trauma care and mental health support. https://www.emro.who.int/afg/photo-essays/12-ways-who-supports-health-in-afghanistan.html#:~:text=12%20ways%20WHO%20supports%20health%20in%20Afghanistan%201,...%208%208.%20Tackling%20COVID-19%20...%20Weitere%20Elemente : 12 ways WHO supports health in Afghanistan" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Women and children wait outside of the paediatric section of Mirbachakot Hospital on 24 November 2022. WHO provides medical supplies and support to this hospital. Decades of conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks and natural disasters have taken a huge toll in Afghanistan, leaving more than half of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. Since August 2021, the impact of the economic crisis on basic services has worsened the situation for vulnerable people and weakened the health system’s ability to cope with multiple threats, including widespread malnutrition, a surge in measles cases, COVID-19, acute watery diarrhoea, natural disasters and the increasing need for trauma care and mental health support. https://www.emro.who.int/afg/photo-essays/12-ways-who-supports-health-in-afghanistan.html#:~:text=12%20ways%20WHO%20supports%20health%20in%20Afghanistan%201,...%208%208.%20Tackling%20COVID-19%20...%20Weitere%20Elemente : 12 ways WHO supports health in Afghanistan" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Women and children wait outside of the paediatric section of Mirbachakot Hospital on 24 November 2022. WHO provides medical supplies and support to this hospital. Decades of conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks and natural disasters have taken a huge toll in Afghanistan, leaving more than half of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. Since August 2021, the impact of the economic crisis on basic services has worsened the situation for vulnerable people and weakened the health system’s ability to cope with multiple threats, including widespread malnutrition, a surge in measles cases, COVID-19, acute watery diarrhoea, natural disasters and the increasing need for trauma care and mental health support. https://www.emro.who.int/afg/photo-essays/12-ways-who-supports-health-in-afghanistan.html#:~:text=12%20ways%20WHO%20supports%20health%20in%20Afghanistan%201,...%208%208.%20Tackling%20COVID-19%20...%20Weitere%20Elemente : 12 ways WHO supports health in Afghanistan" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1675"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1675/pakistan-floods-2022">PAKISTAN: Floods – 2022 <span>(35)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1675/pakistan-floods-2022" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/129346_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=d0b7e3d3c795860eceaa954b0193a28daf514ce96bee208ee929a9ae8765390f" alt="Imaad, a resident of Shabara village in Charsadda district, wades through floodwaters to bring food to his cattle on 31 August 2022. Catastrophic floods in Pakistan in August 2022 killed some 1,400 people, destroyed more than half a million homes and displaced over 660,000 people into camps. Many more people are displaced in host communities. More than 750,000 livestock – a critical source of income for many families – died after the rainfall, which in August was more than five times the national 30-year average in some parts of Pakistan. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the floods damaged 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land in Sindh Province alone. Some 33 million people have been affected, and access to many vulnerable communities was cut off as hundreds of bridges and thousands of kilometres of roads were destroyed or washed away. WHO is supporting the Government of Pakistan to respond by delivering supplies needed by health facilities and increasing disease monitoring to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/pakistan-crisis" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Imaad, a resident of Shabara village in Charsadda district, wades through floodwaters to bring food to his cattle on 31 August 2022. Catastrophic floods in Pakistan in August 2022 killed some 1,400 people, destroyed more than half a million homes and displaced over 660,000 people into camps. Many more people are displaced in host communities. More than 750,000 livestock – a critical source of income for many families – died after the rainfall, which in August was more than five times the national 30-year average in some parts of Pakistan. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the floods damaged 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land in Sindh Province alone. Some 33 million people have been affected, and access to many vulnerable communities was cut off as hundreds of bridges and thousands of kilometres of roads were destroyed or washed away. WHO is supporting the Government of Pakistan to respond by delivering supplies needed by health facilities and increasing disease monitoring to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/pakistan-crisis" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Imaad, a resident of Shabara village in Charsadda district, wades through floodwaters to bring food to his cattle on 31 August 2022. Catastrophic floods in Pakistan in August 2022 killed some 1,400 people, destroyed more than half a million homes and displaced over 660,000 people into camps. Many more people are displaced in host communities. More than 750,000 livestock – a critical source of income for many families – died after the rainfall, which in August was more than five times the national 30-year average in some parts of Pakistan. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the floods damaged 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land in Sindh Province alone. Some 33 million people have been affected, and access to many vulnerable communities was cut off as hundreds of bridges and thousands of kilometres of roads were destroyed or washed away. WHO is supporting the Government of Pakistan to respond by delivering supplies needed by health facilities and increasing disease monitoring to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/pakistan-crisis" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1731"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1731/madagascar-floods-2022">MADAGASCAR: Floods – 2022 <span>(20)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1731/madagascar-floods-2022" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/123007_446.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=d5f2a66108844cb659c4ac21da14966b5ace64de8e45d4f51ab4898b208bf5c4" alt="On 14 February 2022, a man recovers material to rebuild his house in the district of Anosinakoho, Mananjary, after it was completely destroyed by cyclone Batsirai. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, leaving over 760,000 people without access to health and displacing over 168,000 people. WHO is working with the national health authorities and health partners for a coordinated response effort, including delivering essential medical supplies and medicines and deploying experts in the affected regions. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, resulted in the death of over 200 people, and left over 650,000 people without access to health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="446" height="300" style="margin-left:-73px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 14 February 2022, a man recovers material to rebuild his house in the district of Anosinakoho, Mananjary, after it was completely destroyed by cyclone Batsirai. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, leaving over 760,000 people without access to health and displacing over 168,000 people. WHO is working with the national health authorities and health partners for a coordinated response effort, including delivering essential medical supplies and medicines and deploying experts in the affected regions. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, resulted in the death of over 200 people, and left over 650,000 people without access to health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="446" height="300" style="margin-left:-73px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 14 February 2022, a man recovers material to rebuild his house in the district of Anosinakoho, Mananjary, after it was completely destroyed by cyclone Batsirai. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, leaving over 760,000 people without access to health and displacing over 168,000 people. WHO is working with the national health authorities and health partners for a coordinated response effort, including delivering essential medical supplies and medicines and deploying experts in the affected regions. Since January 2022, multiple extreme weather events have damaged homes and public infrastructure in Madagascar, resulted in the death of over 200 people, and left over 650,000 people without access to health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="446" height="300" style="margin-left:-73px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1704"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1704/covid19-2020-to-2023">COVID-19: 2020 to 2023 <span>(575)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1704/covid19-2020-to-2023" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/89624_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=ff9c9f6ad70f51e8748d8b41fbb1a2fb0c2c58c7ce197347696dc08bd85b62c3" alt="On 5 March 2021, a woman sanitizes her hands prior to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda. COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO) working in partnership with developed and developing country vaccine manufacturers, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. It is the only global initiative that is working with governments and manufacturers to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide to both higher-income and lower-income countries." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 5 March 2021, a woman sanitizes her hands prior to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda. COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO) working in partnership with developed and developing country vaccine manufacturers, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. It is the only global initiative that is working with governments and manufacturers to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide to both higher-income and lower-income countries." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 5 March 2021, a woman sanitizes her hands prior to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda. COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO) working in partnership with developed and developing country vaccine manufacturers, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. It is the only global initiative that is working with governments and manufacturers to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide to both higher-income and lower-income countries." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1710"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1710/guinea-ebola-2021">GUINEA: Ebola – 2021 <span>(30)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1710/guinea-ebola-2021" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/89443_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=132726fd3bed8086ffffb1b10e72c1145a10b389a98453dd1d6f8d9520c64a6c" alt="On 1 March 2021, Chief Mankoye poses for a portrait in the town of Sibata near the Guinea/Liberia border. As part of the Ebola outbreak response, WHO and parters work with local leaders to help engage communities with provide them with information about how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the virus. This is the first time the disease has been reported in Guinea since the previous outbreak ended in 2016. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Guinea announced a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease on 14 February 2021 after a cluster of cases was reported in in the sub-prefecture of Gouéké, N’Zérékoré Region. WHO is supporting the Government-led response to set up testing, treatment structures, and with medical supplies, vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic capacities to quickly contain the outbreak." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 1 March 2021, Chief Mankoye poses for a portrait in the town of Sibata near the Guinea/Liberia border. As part of the Ebola outbreak response, WHO and parters work with local leaders to help engage communities with provide them with information about how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the virus. This is the first time the disease has been reported in Guinea since the previous outbreak ended in 2016. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Guinea announced a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease on 14 February 2021 after a cluster of cases was reported in in the sub-prefecture of Gouéké, N’Zérékoré Region. WHO is supporting the Government-led response to set up testing, treatment structures, and with medical supplies, vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic capacities to quickly contain the outbreak." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 1 March 2021, Chief Mankoye poses for a portrait in the town of Sibata near the Guinea/Liberia border. As part of the Ebola outbreak response, WHO and parters work with local leaders to help engage communities with provide them with information about how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the virus. This is the first time the disease has been reported in Guinea since the previous outbreak ended in 2016. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Guinea announced a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease on 14 February 2021 after a cluster of cases was reported in in the sub-prefecture of Gouéké, N’Zérékoré Region. WHO is supporting the Government-led response to set up testing, treatment structures, and with medical supplies, vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic capacities to quickly contain the outbreak." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1717"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1717/somalia-horn-of-africa-polio-2018-to-2022">SOMALIA : Horn of Africa Polio – 2018 to 2022 <span>(78)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1717/somalia-horn-of-africa-polio-2018-to-2022" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/79668_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=9b37cf8e11d05f893aab537eaa2505783e72b6f0d8d176d2b870960f96e67e84" alt="A member of a volunteer vaccination team finger marks Lina, 2, after she received double doses of the oral polio vaccine during an immunization campaign in Hargeisa, Somalia, on 19 August 2019." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A member of a volunteer vaccination team finger marks Lina, 2, after she received double doses of the oral polio vaccine during an immunization campaign in Hargeisa, Somalia, on 19 August 2019." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A member of a volunteer vaccination team finger marks Lina, 2, after she received double doses of the oral polio vaccine during an immunization campaign in Hargeisa, Somalia, on 19 August 2019." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1706"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1706/dr-congo-ebola-2018-to-2019">DR CONGO: Ebola – 2018 to 2019 <span>(382)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1706/dr-congo-ebola-2018-to-2019" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/66319_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=36da59a4252e7ae5d233464101039342b1f5d0df2b42e1a2b6b40728a8ba1ea9" alt="ALIMA Ebola Treatment Centre In August 2018, the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) opens an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) located in the General Referral Hospital of Beni in response to the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. The ETC provide therapeutics under the monitored emergency use of unregistered and experimental interventions (MEURI) protocol in collaboration with MoH (Ministry of Health) and Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB). WHO is providing technical expertise support on site and assisting with the creation of a data safety management board. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more on ALIMA: https://alima.ngo/" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="ALIMA Ebola Treatment Centre In August 2018, the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) opens an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) located in the General Referral Hospital of Beni in response to the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. The ETC provide therapeutics under the monitored emergency use of unregistered and experimental interventions (MEURI) protocol in collaboration with MoH (Ministry of Health) and Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB). WHO is providing technical expertise support on site and assisting with the creation of a data safety management board. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more on ALIMA: https://alima.ngo/" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="ALIMA Ebola Treatment Centre In August 2018, the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) opens an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) located in the General Referral Hospital of Beni in response to the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. The ETC provide therapeutics under the monitored emergency use of unregistered and experimental interventions (MEURI) protocol in collaboration with MoH (Ministry of Health) and Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB). WHO is providing technical expertise support on site and assisting with the creation of a data safety management board. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more on ALIMA: https://alima.ngo/" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1719"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1719/mozambique-floods-and-cyclone-idai-2019">MOZAMBIQUE: Floods and Cyclone Idai – 2019 <span>(160)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1719/mozambique-floods-and-cyclone-idai-2019" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/69563_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=d9d0cafd7b44275de2e6ed4ebc527dc522ec6ec41726f0039d087e1b6ec3c5f3" alt="David Whightwick checking the health facility built following Cyclone Idai devastation. WHO deployed a team of 40 experts to Beira from across all three levels of the organization (country, regional and headquarters) and sent medical supplies and equipment to support health authorities and partners in providing life-saving services to help prevent spread of cholera and to protect survivors following Cyclone Idai devastation. Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="David Whightwick checking the health facility built following Cyclone Idai devastation. WHO deployed a team of 40 experts to Beira from across all three levels of the organization (country, regional and headquarters) and sent medical supplies and equipment to support health authorities and partners in providing life-saving services to help prevent spread of cholera and to protect survivors following Cyclone Idai devastation. Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="David Whightwick checking the health facility built following Cyclone Idai devastation. WHO deployed a team of 40 experts to Beira from across all three levels of the organization (country, regional and headquarters) and sent medical supplies and equipment to support health authorities and partners in providing life-saving services to help prevent spread of cholera and to protect survivors following Cyclone Idai devastation. Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1720"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1720/malawi-floods-and-cyclone-idai-2019">MALAWI: Floods and Cyclone Idai – 2019 <span>(15)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1720/malawi-floods-and-cyclone-idai-2019" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/69458_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=afc8bce2389febb6b0d78e3dd410f86dd8e98f047891a1b0b11d37b94103da40" alt="WHO provides urgent health assistance after the Cyclone Idai (15 March 2019) displaced thousands of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and put them at increased risk of malaria, typhoid and cholera. Kids with the donations from the Government of Malawi to assist during the floods in Phalombe, the floods came after the persistent rains experienced after the passage of Cyclone Idai in the region. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO provides urgent health assistance after the Cyclone Idai (15 March 2019) displaced thousands of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and put them at increased risk of malaria, typhoid and cholera. Kids with the donations from the Government of Malawi to assist during the floods in Phalombe, the floods came after the persistent rains experienced after the passage of Cyclone Idai in the region. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO provides urgent health assistance after the Cyclone Idai (15 March 2019) displaced thousands of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and put them at increased risk of malaria, typhoid and cholera. Kids with the donations from the Government of Malawi to assist during the floods in Phalombe, the floods came after the persistent rains experienced after the passage of Cyclone Idai in the region. - https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-sending-urgent-health-assistance-after-cyclone-idai-displaces-thousands-people-southern " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1694"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1694/yemen-complex-emergencies-2015-to-2020">YEMEN: Complex Emergencies – 2015 to 2020 <span>(71)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1694/yemen-complex-emergencies-2015-to-2020" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/60623_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=c1c208c980a95079629b68a65bff623a1ddc343a666bc9a418a731182b6e839f" alt="WHO and partners’ humanitarian response to cholera outbreak in Yemen. Oral Rehydration Corner (ORC) in Sana'a. WHO has directly supported the establishment of 18 new diarrhea treatment centers (DTCs) and 28 oral rehydration therapy (ORT) corners. The oral rehydration therapy corners have been designed to treat mild or moderate cases of diarrhea and dehydration. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO and partners’ humanitarian response to cholera outbreak in Yemen. Oral Rehydration Corner (ORC) in Sana'a. WHO has directly supported the establishment of 18 new diarrhea treatment centers (DTCs) and 28 oral rehydration therapy (ORT) corners. The oral rehydration therapy corners have been designed to treat mild or moderate cases of diarrhea and dehydration. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO and partners’ humanitarian response to cholera outbreak in Yemen. Oral Rehydration Corner (ORC) in Sana'a. WHO has directly supported the establishment of 18 new diarrhea treatment centers (DTCs) and 28 oral rehydration therapy (ORT) corners. The oral rehydration therapy corners have been designed to treat mild or moderate cases of diarrhea and dehydration. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1721"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1721/iraq-complex-emergencies-2014-to-2019">IRAQ: Complex Emergencies – 2014 to 2019 <span>(153)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1721/iraq-complex-emergencies-2014-to-2019" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/70175_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=fa4cc9c42c4cf542099da0746a9b3efa0119c0e9f444782acce58ad127db2f2b" alt="Every month a WHO supported mobile health clinic visits Sienna village, close to the Sharia collective town in the Duhok region of northern Iraq. About 1,500 Yazidi live in the village, many of them in unfinished buildings. They’ve been displaced from Sinjar mountain since 2014. The medical staff, which consists of a doctor, two nurses, a pharmacy assistant, a nurse practitioner and a driver, typically sees between 100-150 patients each visit. WHO supports six mobile clinics in the region and they serve about 40,000 people who do not live in camps. Four are wholly supported by WHO and two run by the national NGO Heevie have a separate operation with vehicles donated by WHO. The Duhok Directorate of Health also contributes to the clinics. They visited Sumer Zahko, Amedi and Shikhan districts. Because of the financial constraints facing the Kurdish region, which mean many public servants are not receiving their full salary, four of the mobile teams receive a monthly financial incentive of $1,000 for doctors and $550 for nurses. - Yezidi men, women and children line up at a Mobile Clinic to get medical attention." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Every month a WHO supported mobile health clinic visits Sienna village, close to the Sharia collective town in the Duhok region of northern Iraq. About 1,500 Yazidi live in the village, many of them in unfinished buildings. They’ve been displaced from Sinjar mountain since 2014. The medical staff, which consists of a doctor, two nurses, a pharmacy assistant, a nurse practitioner and a driver, typically sees between 100-150 patients each visit. WHO supports six mobile clinics in the region and they serve about 40,000 people who do not live in camps. Four are wholly supported by WHO and two run by the national NGO Heevie have a separate operation with vehicles donated by WHO. The Duhok Directorate of Health also contributes to the clinics. They visited Sumer Zahko, Amedi and Shikhan districts. Because of the financial constraints facing the Kurdish region, which mean many public servants are not receiving their full salary, four of the mobile teams receive a monthly financial incentive of $1,000 for doctors and $550 for nurses. - Yezidi men, women and children line up at a Mobile Clinic to get medical attention." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Every month a WHO supported mobile health clinic visits Sienna village, close to the Sharia collective town in the Duhok region of northern Iraq. About 1,500 Yazidi live in the village, many of them in unfinished buildings. They’ve been displaced from Sinjar mountain since 2014. The medical staff, which consists of a doctor, two nurses, a pharmacy assistant, a nurse practitioner and a driver, typically sees between 100-150 patients each visit. WHO supports six mobile clinics in the region and they serve about 40,000 people who do not live in camps. Four are wholly supported by WHO and two run by the national NGO Heevie have a separate operation with vehicles donated by WHO. The Duhok Directorate of Health also contributes to the clinics. They visited Sumer Zahko, Amedi and Shikhan districts. Because of the financial constraints facing the Kurdish region, which mean many public servants are not receiving their full salary, four of the mobile teams receive a monthly financial incentive of $1,000 for doctors and $550 for nurses. - Yezidi men, women and children line up at a Mobile Clinic to get medical attention." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1716"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1716/nigeria-lassa-fever-2018-to-2020">NIGERIA: Lassa Fever – 2018 to 2020 <span>(9)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1716/nigeria-lassa-fever-2018-to-2020" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/114655_400.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=8303afdd1d63359ffcc9369cf65f4c8b810c6afc1eb1436862d0a7b43e6e4b7b" alt="In Edo state – where the outbreak has been spreading particularly fast – WHO, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the local government are reaching out to communities with a large-scale awareness raising campaign. Sensitization sessions will aim to reach nearly 9,000 community leaders, town announcers, headmasters, herbalists, healthcare workers, clinicians, church leaders, and women who work in local markets. The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans mainly through handling infected rats, food or household items contaminated by the rats’ urine and faeces. The virus can spread between people through direct contact with the body fluids of a person infected with Lassa fever, as well as contaminated bedding and clothing. Community members are being advised of a range of preventive measures including washing hands regularly, storing food in containers with lids, keeping their homes clean and tidy to discourage rats from entering and cooking foods thoroughly. Read https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/9629 ." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="300" height="400" style="margin-top:-50px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="In Edo state – where the outbreak has been spreading particularly fast – WHO, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the local government are reaching out to communities with a large-scale awareness raising campaign. Sensitization sessions will aim to reach nearly 9,000 community leaders, town announcers, headmasters, herbalists, healthcare workers, clinicians, church leaders, and women who work in local markets. The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans mainly through handling infected rats, food or household items contaminated by the rats’ urine and faeces. The virus can spread between people through direct contact with the body fluids of a person infected with Lassa fever, as well as contaminated bedding and clothing. Community members are being advised of a range of preventive measures including washing hands regularly, storing food in containers with lids, keeping their homes clean and tidy to discourage rats from entering and cooking foods thoroughly. Read https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/9629 ." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="300" height="400" style="margin-top:-50px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="In Edo state – where the outbreak has been spreading particularly fast – WHO, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the local government are reaching out to communities with a large-scale awareness raising campaign. Sensitization sessions will aim to reach nearly 9,000 community leaders, town announcers, headmasters, herbalists, healthcare workers, clinicians, church leaders, and women who work in local markets. The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans mainly through handling infected rats, food or household items contaminated by the rats’ urine and faeces. The virus can spread between people through direct contact with the body fluids of a person infected with Lassa fever, as well as contaminated bedding and clothing. Community members are being advised of a range of preventive measures including washing hands regularly, storing food in containers with lids, keeping their homes clean and tidy to discourage rats from entering and cooking foods thoroughly. Read https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/9629 ." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="300" height="400" style="margin-top:-50px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1697"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1697/syrian-arab-republic-complex-emergencies-2013-to-2">SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC: Complex Emergencies – 2013 to 2022 <span>(58)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1697/syrian-arab-republic-complex-emergencies-2013-to-2" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/7348_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=1b126eaa46a1612002bda3c27124e659c96fa929ea05d8b8f2b92239d7d2a77e" alt="On 6 December 2017, a view of Ain Issa Camp in Raqqa governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. WHO provides health services for camp residents through a fix health centre and a mobile health team run by WHO partner Al-Mawada Charity Society. Much of the displacement in 2017 occurred in northeastern Syria as a result of anti-ISIL offensives in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor. Hastily constructed camps filled up quickly. As vulnerable families move around northeastern Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving with them, providing support in a variety of settings, including health centres in host communities, mobile medical teams and targeted vaccination campaigns. In camps like Ain Issa, WHO supports partner organizations to run both stationary and mobile health teams. In partnership with donors like the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Norway, WHO supports NGOs to provide health assistance in seven camps in Raqqa and Hassakah governorates. In the last three months of 2017, 13 partners provided more than 216,000 medical consultations in camps, informal settlements and host communities across northeastern Syria. WHO also supported the referral of more than 4,800 complex cases, including pregnant women and patients with cardiac diseases and kidney failure, to hospitals in Hassakah governorate for specialized care. To help prevent the spread of leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by sandflies, WHO supports pesticide spraying campaigns in camps. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 6 December 2017, a view of Ain Issa Camp in Raqqa governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. WHO provides health services for camp residents through a fix health centre and a mobile health team run by WHO partner Al-Mawada Charity Society. Much of the displacement in 2017 occurred in northeastern Syria as a result of anti-ISIL offensives in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor. Hastily constructed camps filled up quickly. As vulnerable families move around northeastern Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving with them, providing support in a variety of settings, including health centres in host communities, mobile medical teams and targeted vaccination campaigns. In camps like Ain Issa, WHO supports partner organizations to run both stationary and mobile health teams. In partnership with donors like the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Norway, WHO supports NGOs to provide health assistance in seven camps in Raqqa and Hassakah governorates. In the last three months of 2017, 13 partners provided more than 216,000 medical consultations in camps, informal settlements and host communities across northeastern Syria. WHO also supported the referral of more than 4,800 complex cases, including pregnant women and patients with cardiac diseases and kidney failure, to hospitals in Hassakah governorate for specialized care. To help prevent the spread of leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by sandflies, WHO supports pesticide spraying campaigns in camps. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 6 December 2017, a view of Ain Issa Camp in Raqqa governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. WHO provides health services for camp residents through a fix health centre and a mobile health team run by WHO partner Al-Mawada Charity Society. Much of the displacement in 2017 occurred in northeastern Syria as a result of anti-ISIL offensives in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor. Hastily constructed camps filled up quickly. As vulnerable families move around northeastern Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving with them, providing support in a variety of settings, including health centres in host communities, mobile medical teams and targeted vaccination campaigns. In camps like Ain Issa, WHO supports partner organizations to run both stationary and mobile health teams. In partnership with donors like the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Norway, WHO supports NGOs to provide health assistance in seven camps in Raqqa and Hassakah governorates. In the last three months of 2017, 13 partners provided more than 216,000 medical consultations in camps, informal settlements and host communities across northeastern Syria. WHO also supported the referral of more than 4,800 complex cases, including pregnant women and patients with cardiac diseases and kidney failure, to hospitals in Hassakah governorate for specialized care. To help prevent the spread of leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by sandflies, WHO supports pesticide spraying campaigns in camps. " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="449" height="300" style="margin-left:-74.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1761"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1761/sierra-leone-mudslide-2017-to-2018-">SIERRA LEONE: Mudslide – 2017 to 2018  <span>(46)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1761/sierra-leone-mudslide-2017-to-2018-" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/64219_453.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=1bc4b74e94339e275eb0c58cc91611e6c705e3cba571df786af30783b970612c" alt="Sierra Leone experiences heavy rains between May and October every year. In 2017, the country experienced severe weather conditions with heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall on the night of 13 August and morning of 14 August, particularly around Freetown, resulted in severe floods with houses destroyed and many people drowned. A massive landslide took place in the early morning hours of 14 August. Two districts, Western Area Rural and Western Area Urban were affected. WHO provided urgent technical assistance to WHO Country office and Ministry of Health (MOH). A request for Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was submitted to plan for preventive cholera campaign in the aftermath of the floods and mudslides that hit Freetown on 14 August 2017. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/news/mitigating-health-risks-wake-disaster " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="454.51505016722" height="300" style="margin-left:-77.257525083612px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Sierra Leone experiences heavy rains between May and October every year. In 2017, the country experienced severe weather conditions with heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall on the night of 13 August and morning of 14 August, particularly around Freetown, resulted in severe floods with houses destroyed and many people drowned. A massive landslide took place in the early morning hours of 14 August. Two districts, Western Area Rural and Western Area Urban were affected. WHO provided urgent technical assistance to WHO Country office and Ministry of Health (MOH). A request for Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was submitted to plan for preventive cholera campaign in the aftermath of the floods and mudslides that hit Freetown on 14 August 2017. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/news/mitigating-health-risks-wake-disaster " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="454.51505016722" height="300" style="margin-left:-77.257525083612px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Sierra Leone experiences heavy rains between May and October every year. In 2017, the country experienced severe weather conditions with heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall on the night of 13 August and morning of 14 August, particularly around Freetown, resulted in severe floods with houses destroyed and many people drowned. A massive landslide took place in the early morning hours of 14 August. Two districts, Western Area Rural and Western Area Urban were affected. WHO provided urgent technical assistance to WHO Country office and Ministry of Health (MOH). A request for Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was submitted to plan for preventive cholera campaign in the aftermath of the floods and mudslides that hit Freetown on 14 August 2017. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/news/mitigating-health-risks-wake-disaster " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="454.51505016722" height="300" style="margin-left:-77.257525083612px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1709"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1709/madagascar-plague-2017">MADAGASCAR: Plague – 2017 <span>(176)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1709/madagascar-plague-2017" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/68649_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=4ce377d0c0b12a1fd00fb2d3af96389bcd53080e04dcc411f2c80cc43ccb0a3b" alt="From the 1 August through 22 November 2017, a total of 2348 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 202 deaths were reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO. Since the beginning of the outbreak, cases of pneumonic and bubonic plague have been detected in 55 out of 114 districts, including non-endemic areas and major cities. Analamanga Region has been the most affected. The Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar is coordinating the response, with the support of WHO, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Institute Pasteur Madagascar, and other agencies, stakeholders, and partners. The public health response measures have included: • Strengthened epidemiological surveillance in the all affected districts, and enhanced case finding • Rapid investigation of new cases • Sample collection, referral and testing • Isolation and treatment of all pneumonic cases, as well as treatment of bubonic cases • Active finding, tracing and monitoring of contacts and provision of free prophylactic antibiotics • Disinfection, including rodent and vector control • Raising public awareness on prevention for bubonic and pneumonic plague • Raising awareness among health care workers and providing information to improve case detection, infection control measures and protection from infection • Providing information about infection control measures during burial practices. Read: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/15-november-2017-plague-madagascar-en " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="From the 1 August through 22 November 2017, a total of 2348 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 202 deaths were reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO. Since the beginning of the outbreak, cases of pneumonic and bubonic plague have been detected in 55 out of 114 districts, including non-endemic areas and major cities. Analamanga Region has been the most affected. The Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar is coordinating the response, with the support of WHO, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Institute Pasteur Madagascar, and other agencies, stakeholders, and partners. The public health response measures have included: • Strengthened epidemiological surveillance in the all affected districts, and enhanced case finding • Rapid investigation of new cases • Sample collection, referral and testing • Isolation and treatment of all pneumonic cases, as well as treatment of bubonic cases • Active finding, tracing and monitoring of contacts and provision of free prophylactic antibiotics • Disinfection, including rodent and vector control • Raising public awareness on prevention for bubonic and pneumonic plague • Raising awareness among health care workers and providing information to improve case detection, infection control measures and protection from infection • Providing information about infection control measures during burial practices. Read: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/15-november-2017-plague-madagascar-en " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="From the 1 August through 22 November 2017, a total of 2348 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 202 deaths were reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO. Since the beginning of the outbreak, cases of pneumonic and bubonic plague have been detected in 55 out of 114 districts, including non-endemic areas and major cities. Analamanga Region has been the most affected. The Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar is coordinating the response, with the support of WHO, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Institute Pasteur Madagascar, and other agencies, stakeholders, and partners. The public health response measures have included: • Strengthened epidemiological surveillance in the all affected districts, and enhanced case finding • Rapid investigation of new cases • Sample collection, referral and testing • Isolation and treatment of all pneumonic cases, as well as treatment of bubonic cases • Active finding, tracing and monitoring of contacts and provision of free prophylactic antibiotics • Disinfection, including rodent and vector control • Raising public awareness on prevention for bubonic and pneumonic plague • Raising awareness among health care workers and providing information to improve case detection, infection control measures and protection from infection • Providing information about infection control measures during burial practices. Read: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/15-november-2017-plague-madagascar-en " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1690"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1690/ethiopia-humanitarian-crisis-2015-to-2018">ETHIOPIA: Humanitarian Crisis – 2015 to 2018 <span>(21)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1690/ethiopia-humanitarian-crisis-2015-to-2018" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/64322_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=a742c717d5d8931dd29f03762f3f6e5efd8254b1ca76a78a3d6e6e60829dc67c" alt="The Government of Ethiopia, through the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners is responding to an outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in Amahara, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions. To support the government’s response implementation, WHO has deployed surge teams of experts in surveillance, case management, WASH, nutrition, risk communication, administration and logistics to the affected regions to support implementation of response activities. Logistical supplies including vehicles, medicines, case management protocols, laboratory reagents, treatment kits and other materials have also been provided. Below is a kaleidoscopic view of activities in Somali region. Social mobilization activities are part and parcel of the response. WHO and UNICEF risk communication officers regularly meet with communities to ensure that messages are well understood. - Source: https://www.afro.who.int/news/whos-support-response-acute-watery-diarrhoea-outbreak-ethiopias-somali-region " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The Government of Ethiopia, through the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners is responding to an outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in Amahara, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions. To support the government’s response implementation, WHO has deployed surge teams of experts in surveillance, case management, WASH, nutrition, risk communication, administration and logistics to the affected regions to support implementation of response activities. Logistical supplies including vehicles, medicines, case management protocols, laboratory reagents, treatment kits and other materials have also been provided. Below is a kaleidoscopic view of activities in Somali region. Social mobilization activities are part and parcel of the response. WHO and UNICEF risk communication officers regularly meet with communities to ensure that messages are well understood. - Source: https://www.afro.who.int/news/whos-support-response-acute-watery-diarrhoea-outbreak-ethiopias-somali-region " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The Government of Ethiopia, through the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners is responding to an outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in Amahara, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions. To support the government’s response implementation, WHO has deployed surge teams of experts in surveillance, case management, WASH, nutrition, risk communication, administration and logistics to the affected regions to support implementation of response activities. Logistical supplies including vehicles, medicines, case management protocols, laboratory reagents, treatment kits and other materials have also been provided. Below is a kaleidoscopic view of activities in Somali region. Social mobilization activities are part and parcel of the response. WHO and UNICEF risk communication officers regularly meet with communities to ensure that messages are well understood. - Source: https://www.afro.who.int/news/whos-support-response-acute-watery-diarrhoea-outbreak-ethiopias-somali-region " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1730"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1730/nigeria-humanitarian-crisis-2015-to-2018">NIGERIA: Humanitarian Crisis – 2015 to 2018 <span>(20)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1730/nigeria-humanitarian-crisis-2015-to-2018" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/76348_399.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=aeb04a85a69546937bb0c1f9861b5f80f953e443f56bf098eeb0e6f1d7424193" alt="WHO teams assist people in hard-to-reach areas of Nigeria. Medical teams supported by WHO set up mobile clinics in hard to access areas of north-eastern Nigeria. The teams are called “hard-to-reach” teams (HTR) because their mission is to reach remote and insecure areas to provide urgently needed care to populations deprived of essential health services. The 8-year conflict has caused widespread forced displacement and acute food and nutrition insecurity. Large areas of Borno state, the most-affected state, remain inaccessible to humanitarian assistance. HTR medical teams are bringing basic health-care services to remote communities and to populations displaced by conflict. Ongoing insecurity means the teams are often based in towns that can only be reached by helicopter. From these bases, they deploy on a daily basis to surrounding areas, setting up clinics under trees to provide life-saving health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="399" height="300" style="margin-left:-49.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO teams assist people in hard-to-reach areas of Nigeria. Medical teams supported by WHO set up mobile clinics in hard to access areas of north-eastern Nigeria. The teams are called “hard-to-reach” teams (HTR) because their mission is to reach remote and insecure areas to provide urgently needed care to populations deprived of essential health services. The 8-year conflict has caused widespread forced displacement and acute food and nutrition insecurity. Large areas of Borno state, the most-affected state, remain inaccessible to humanitarian assistance. HTR medical teams are bringing basic health-care services to remote communities and to populations displaced by conflict. Ongoing insecurity means the teams are often based in towns that can only be reached by helicopter. From these bases, they deploy on a daily basis to surrounding areas, setting up clinics under trees to provide life-saving health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="399" height="300" style="margin-left:-49.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO teams assist people in hard-to-reach areas of Nigeria. Medical teams supported by WHO set up mobile clinics in hard to access areas of north-eastern Nigeria. The teams are called “hard-to-reach” teams (HTR) because their mission is to reach remote and insecure areas to provide urgently needed care to populations deprived of essential health services. The 8-year conflict has caused widespread forced displacement and acute food and nutrition insecurity. Large areas of Borno state, the most-affected state, remain inaccessible to humanitarian assistance. HTR medical teams are bringing basic health-care services to remote communities and to populations displaced by conflict. Ongoing insecurity means the teams are often based in towns that can only be reached by helicopter. From these bases, they deploy on a daily basis to surrounding areas, setting up clinics under trees to provide life-saving health care." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="399" height="300" style="margin-left:-49.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1705"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1705/dr-congo-cholera-2016-to-2017">DR CONGO: Cholera – 2016 to 2017 <span>(42)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1705/dr-congo-cholera-2016-to-2017" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/5348_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=50e19638ed971f941637163e4b1e81e1a6f49c97273259f517864b5da34d4707" alt="A woman is pictured at the remains of an old cholera clinic at the slum of Pakajuma in Kinshasa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A woman is pictured at the remains of an old cholera clinic at the slum of Pakajuma in Kinshasa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="A woman is pictured at the remains of an old cholera clinic at the slum of Pakajuma in Kinshasa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1732"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1732/dr-congo-and-angola-yellow-fever-2016">DR CONGO and ANGOLA: Yellow fever – 2016 <span>(141)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1732/dr-congo-and-angola-yellow-fever-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/5398_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=11c15229e261575ce844a3aa8c6e2367824ed0032fd8714ebc3e1b17cc72a706" alt="The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in DRC. With high risk of transmission of the mosquito-borne disease in the densely populated capital city of Kinshasa, the vaccination campaign aims to protect as many people at risk as possible and stop the outbreak before the rainy season begins in late September. View of a health center during a yellow fever vaccination campaign in the area of Maluku. Read more: https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2016-millions-protected-in-africa-s-largest-ever-emergency-yellow-fever-vaccination-campaign " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in DRC. With high risk of transmission of the mosquito-borne disease in the densely populated capital city of Kinshasa, the vaccination campaign aims to protect as many people at risk as possible and stop the outbreak before the rainy season begins in late September. View of a health center during a yellow fever vaccination campaign in the area of Maluku. Read more: https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2016-millions-protected-in-africa-s-largest-ever-emergency-yellow-fever-vaccination-campaign " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in DRC. With high risk of transmission of the mosquito-borne disease in the densely populated capital city of Kinshasa, the vaccination campaign aims to protect as many people at risk as possible and stop the outbreak before the rainy season begins in late September. View of a health center during a yellow fever vaccination campaign in the area of Maluku. Read more: https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2016-millions-protected-in-africa-s-largest-ever-emergency-yellow-fever-vaccination-campaign " extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1708"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1708/zika-virus-in-paho-region-2016">Zika Virus in PAHO region – 2016 <span>(111)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1708/zika-virus-in-paho-region-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/12795_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=3998040dd7fba7aa7775fda2961a28e9029e404f1d3cd30d251a02c086dbcea6" alt="Zika virus prevention" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Zika virus prevention" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Zika virus prevention" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1757"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1757/liberia-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016">LIBERIA: West Africa Ebola – 2014 to 2016 <span>(220)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1757/liberia-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/50848_400.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=3c5a11eae2d59bc1f53530229869db44976709b5626eccd6a684c708ace71b33" alt="Red Cross Dead Body Management in Montserrado County. Once the saliva swap sample has been taken, the safe burial team can start their regular work of disinfecting the house and putting the deceased person in a body bag. While carrying the body bag, the sprayer makes sure that the route the team follows is disinfected." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Red Cross Dead Body Management in Montserrado County. Once the saliva swap sample has been taken, the safe burial team can start their regular work of disinfecting the house and putting the deceased person in a body bag. While carrying the body bag, the sprayer makes sure that the route the team follows is disinfected." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Red Cross Dead Body Management in Montserrado County. Once the saliva swap sample has been taken, the safe burial team can start their regular work of disinfecting the house and putting the deceased person in a body bag. While carrying the body bag, the sprayer makes sure that the route the team follows is disinfected." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="400" height="300" style="margin-left:-50px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1756"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1756/guinea-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016">GUINEA: West Africa Ebola – 2014 to 2016 <span>(118)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1756/guinea-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/50359_448.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=426bb267684cb67f5bc17c3ef75c87439222d1af7d2552c03f202f56c1023034" alt="The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in 1976. This was the seventh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease since its discovery. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It started in Guinea then quickly spread to neighbouring countries Sierra Leone and Liberia. By July 2014, it had reached the capital cities of these three countries and in August 2014, WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Over the course of the epidemic, the disease spread to 7 additional countries: Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America (USA). Secondary infections occurred in Italy, Mali, Nigeria and USA. In June 2016, the outbreak was declared over. More than 28 600 people had been infected and 11 325 people had died. Awareness campaign in the village of Kolobengu, Guinea. - https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-outbreak-2014-2016-West-Africa about Ebola in West Africa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="448" height="300" style="margin-left:-74px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in 1976. This was the seventh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease since its discovery. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It started in Guinea then quickly spread to neighbouring countries Sierra Leone and Liberia. By July 2014, it had reached the capital cities of these three countries and in August 2014, WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Over the course of the epidemic, the disease spread to 7 additional countries: Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America (USA). Secondary infections occurred in Italy, Mali, Nigeria and USA. In June 2016, the outbreak was declared over. More than 28 600 people had been infected and 11 325 people had died. Awareness campaign in the village of Kolobengu, Guinea. - https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-outbreak-2014-2016-West-Africa about Ebola in West Africa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="448" height="300" style="margin-left:-74px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in 1976. This was the seventh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease since its discovery. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It started in Guinea then quickly spread to neighbouring countries Sierra Leone and Liberia. By July 2014, it had reached the capital cities of these three countries and in August 2014, WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Over the course of the epidemic, the disease spread to 7 additional countries: Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America (USA). Secondary infections occurred in Italy, Mali, Nigeria and USA. In June 2016, the outbreak was declared over. More than 28 600 people had been infected and 11 325 people had died. Awareness campaign in the village of Kolobengu, Guinea. - https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/ebola-outbreak-2014-2016-West-Africa about Ebola in West Africa." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="448" height="300" style="margin-left:-74px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1759"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1759/sierra-leone-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016">SIERRA LEONE: West Africa Ebola – 2014 to 2016 <span>(205)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1759/sierra-leone-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/98758_431.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=604ceb22ec4f032f0358ef5e069c1280c9d897230f885b411bfa39714e28ab63" alt="On 22 March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an outbreak of ebola virus in Guinea. One element of the international response in Sierra Leone involves constructing additional Ebola Treatment Centres (ETCs). Behavioural change is also essential to control the epidemic. The riskiest behaviours includ attending traditional funerals, caring for the sick at home and treatment of infected patients by health workers with inappropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) or training in the use of PPE. WHO staff from Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration (PEC) Department Robert Andrew Holden (not pictured) went to Freetown Sierra Leone to provide technical support and coordinate the Foreign Medical Team (FMT) activities. Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="431" height="300" style="margin-left:-65.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 22 March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an outbreak of ebola virus in Guinea. One element of the international response in Sierra Leone involves constructing additional Ebola Treatment Centres (ETCs). Behavioural change is also essential to control the epidemic. The riskiest behaviours includ attending traditional funerals, caring for the sick at home and treatment of infected patients by health workers with inappropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) or training in the use of PPE. WHO staff from Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration (PEC) Department Robert Andrew Holden (not pictured) went to Freetown Sierra Leone to provide technical support and coordinate the Foreign Medical Team (FMT) activities. Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="431" height="300" style="margin-left:-65.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="On 22 March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an outbreak of ebola virus in Guinea. One element of the international response in Sierra Leone involves constructing additional Ebola Treatment Centres (ETCs). Behavioural change is also essential to control the epidemic. The riskiest behaviours includ attending traditional funerals, caring for the sick at home and treatment of infected patients by health workers with inappropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) or training in the use of PPE. WHO staff from Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration (PEC) Department Robert Andrew Holden (not pictured) went to Freetown Sierra Leone to provide technical support and coordinate the Foreign Medical Team (FMT) activities. Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="431" height="300" style="margin-left:-65.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1758"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1758/nigeria-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016">NIGERIA: West Africa Ebola – 2014 to 2016 <span>(79)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1758/nigeria-west-africa-ebola-2014-to-2016" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/51039_449.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=18d787a96070a49376a2358a576cbb631497c97c4f5fb829968d209518519b1a" alt="Ebola treatment center in Yaba Specially trained health worker getting ready to administer care at the Ebola treatment center in Yaba, Lagos." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Ebola treatment center in Yaba Specially trained health worker getting ready to administer care at the Ebola treatment center in Yaba, Lagos." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Ebola treatment center in Yaba Specially trained health worker getting ready to administer care at the Ebola treatment center in Yaba, Lagos." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450.5016722408" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.250836120401px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1736"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1736/nepal-earthquake-2015">NEPAL: Earthquake – 2015 <span>(21)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1736/nepal-earthquake-2015" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/55642_451.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=53a9e67e8ff4f9b312957727db22391b7cc1f42a7590159cd919c2bc62d92f3e" alt="WHO Water and sanitation visit in Kathmandu, 29 April 2015 following the Nepal earthquake (Gorkha earthquake) on 25 April 2015. WHO's Water, Sanitation and Health team visited two towns close to Kathmandu which were among the worst affected built-up areas close to the Nepalese capital. About 95% of the population in the towns of Danchhi and Sankhu are living in small shelters following the quake, either because they have lost their homes, or to avoid being in-doors should an aftershock strike. Water supplies have been partially damaged and there is limited access to toilets. No water supply is available for flushing toilets. Our WHO team also visited a clinic set up by an NGO in Danchhi, where there was also no supply of drinking water or water for toilets. WHO has agreed to liaise with the Kathmandu water supplier to bring water tankers and to also arrange for a water tank to store water for use in the clinic. WHO also advised the clinic on safe disposal of medical waste, infection prevention and control. - Caption has been provided by the photographer and has not been edited by technical units. Amid ongoing search and rescue operations being carried out in Nepal after Saturday’s devastating earthquake, WHO has taken leadership in coordinating medical relief for affected communities. According to Dr Roderico Ofrin, WHO’s Emergency Health Response Manager, the Organization is working closely with Nepal’s government to ensure that medical aid is delivered effectively. “In close coordination with the Ministry of Health, WHO is leading the health response with our partners,” he said. “We are prepared. We are working from a contingency plan for a scenario that we’ve worked through in recent years with our partners and the Ministry of Health.” At present, 11 districts in Nepal have been deemed “severely affected” by the quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, while many more districts have sustained significant loss of life and property, and face the challenges that these bring. The current death toll from the quake stands at just over 5000 and an estimated 8 million people have been affected in some way. Together with ensuring that medical resources are being distributed according to needs assessments carried out, WHO is coordinating foreign medical teams that have arrived, as well as those that are on standby and may be needed in the near future. WHO’s Dr Ian Norton, who is overseeing the management of the incoming medical teams, urged all teams wanting to provide relief to register their intent with WHO, and expressed appreciation for the teams that are currently registered, many of whom are on standby in their countries. Speaking of the challenges presented by organizations operating outside of the WHO system, Dr Norton cautioned that they could become a burden on other self-sufficient teams or local authorities, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of health services delivery. “There are small teams that have been launched after watching the news and that are trying to respond with the best of intentions, but unfortunately they do not have the sustainability to be able to deploy into the remote areas where we need them the most,” he said. According to Dr Norton, there are positive examples. “An example of best practice is a team that arrived the night before last, with 120 people and with full self-sufficiency. They will be able to deliver care with no external support and will be no burden on the community. We are expecting at least 10 teams of this type to arrive,” he said. Apart from managing resources, WHO is also taking steps to prevent the spread of communicable diseases that can occur as a result of overcrowded living conditions, lack of shelter, contaminated water and poor sanitation. At a WHO-convened meeting of health-related organizations at UN House in Kathmandu this morning, Hyo-Jeong Kim, WHO Operations Officer, said that WHO is mobilizing to prevent the spread of disease and would continue scaling up its public health response over the next few days. “We are establishing an early warning response and alert system and strengthening the disease surveillance system in affected areas to identify any diseases that could spread through the population,” she said. Kim also stressed that although many dead bodies are yet to be disposed of, they pose little risk to public health. WHO is continuing to work with the Ministry of Health in 11 severely-affected rural and isolated districts to assess damage to health facilities and health needs." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO Water and sanitation visit in Kathmandu, 29 April 2015 following the Nepal earthquake (Gorkha earthquake) on 25 April 2015. WHO's Water, Sanitation and Health team visited two towns close to Kathmandu which were among the worst affected built-up areas close to the Nepalese capital. About 95% of the population in the towns of Danchhi and Sankhu are living in small shelters following the quake, either because they have lost their homes, or to avoid being in-doors should an aftershock strike. Water supplies have been partially damaged and there is limited access to toilets. No water supply is available for flushing toilets. Our WHO team also visited a clinic set up by an NGO in Danchhi, where there was also no supply of drinking water or water for toilets. WHO has agreed to liaise with the Kathmandu water supplier to bring water tankers and to also arrange for a water tank to store water for use in the clinic. WHO also advised the clinic on safe disposal of medical waste, infection prevention and control. - Caption has been provided by the photographer and has not been edited by technical units. Amid ongoing search and rescue operations being carried out in Nepal after Saturday’s devastating earthquake, WHO has taken leadership in coordinating medical relief for affected communities. According to Dr Roderico Ofrin, WHO’s Emergency Health Response Manager, the Organization is working closely with Nepal’s government to ensure that medical aid is delivered effectively. “In close coordination with the Ministry of Health, WHO is leading the health response with our partners,” he said. “We are prepared. We are working from a contingency plan for a scenario that we’ve worked through in recent years with our partners and the Ministry of Health.” At present, 11 districts in Nepal have been deemed “severely affected” by the quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, while many more districts have sustained significant loss of life and property, and face the challenges that these bring. The current death toll from the quake stands at just over 5000 and an estimated 8 million people have been affected in some way. Together with ensuring that medical resources are being distributed according to needs assessments carried out, WHO is coordinating foreign medical teams that have arrived, as well as those that are on standby and may be needed in the near future. WHO’s Dr Ian Norton, who is overseeing the management of the incoming medical teams, urged all teams wanting to provide relief to register their intent with WHO, and expressed appreciation for the teams that are currently registered, many of whom are on standby in their countries. Speaking of the challenges presented by organizations operating outside of the WHO system, Dr Norton cautioned that they could become a burden on other self-sufficient teams or local authorities, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of health services delivery. “There are small teams that have been launched after watching the news and that are trying to respond with the best of intentions, but unfortunately they do not have the sustainability to be able to deploy into the remote areas where we need them the most,” he said. According to Dr Norton, there are positive examples. “An example of best practice is a team that arrived the night before last, with 120 people and with full self-sufficiency. They will be able to deliver care with no external support and will be no burden on the community. We are expecting at least 10 teams of this type to arrive,” he said. Apart from managing resources, WHO is also taking steps to prevent the spread of communicable diseases that can occur as a result of overcrowded living conditions, lack of shelter, contaminated water and poor sanitation. At a WHO-convened meeting of health-related organizations at UN House in Kathmandu this morning, Hyo-Jeong Kim, WHO Operations Officer, said that WHO is mobilizing to prevent the spread of disease and would continue scaling up its public health response over the next few days. “We are establishing an early warning response and alert system and strengthening the disease surveillance system in affected areas to identify any diseases that could spread through the population,” she said. Kim also stressed that although many dead bodies are yet to be disposed of, they pose little risk to public health. WHO is continuing to work with the Ministry of Health in 11 severely-affected rural and isolated districts to assess damage to health facilities and health needs." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO Water and sanitation visit in Kathmandu, 29 April 2015 following the Nepal earthquake (Gorkha earthquake) on 25 April 2015. WHO's Water, Sanitation and Health team visited two towns close to Kathmandu which were among the worst affected built-up areas close to the Nepalese capital. About 95% of the population in the towns of Danchhi and Sankhu are living in small shelters following the quake, either because they have lost their homes, or to avoid being in-doors should an aftershock strike. Water supplies have been partially damaged and there is limited access to toilets. No water supply is available for flushing toilets. Our WHO team also visited a clinic set up by an NGO in Danchhi, where there was also no supply of drinking water or water for toilets. WHO has agreed to liaise with the Kathmandu water supplier to bring water tankers and to also arrange for a water tank to store water for use in the clinic. WHO also advised the clinic on safe disposal of medical waste, infection prevention and control. - Caption has been provided by the photographer and has not been edited by technical units. Amid ongoing search and rescue operations being carried out in Nepal after Saturday’s devastating earthquake, WHO has taken leadership in coordinating medical relief for affected communities. According to Dr Roderico Ofrin, WHO’s Emergency Health Response Manager, the Organization is working closely with Nepal’s government to ensure that medical aid is delivered effectively. “In close coordination with the Ministry of Health, WHO is leading the health response with our partners,” he said. “We are prepared. We are working from a contingency plan for a scenario that we’ve worked through in recent years with our partners and the Ministry of Health.” At present, 11 districts in Nepal have been deemed “severely affected” by the quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, while many more districts have sustained significant loss of life and property, and face the challenges that these bring. The current death toll from the quake stands at just over 5000 and an estimated 8 million people have been affected in some way. Together with ensuring that medical resources are being distributed according to needs assessments carried out, WHO is coordinating foreign medical teams that have arrived, as well as those that are on standby and may be needed in the near future. WHO’s Dr Ian Norton, who is overseeing the management of the incoming medical teams, urged all teams wanting to provide relief to register their intent with WHO, and expressed appreciation for the teams that are currently registered, many of whom are on standby in their countries. Speaking of the challenges presented by organizations operating outside of the WHO system, Dr Norton cautioned that they could become a burden on other self-sufficient teams or local authorities, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of health services delivery. “There are small teams that have been launched after watching the news and that are trying to respond with the best of intentions, but unfortunately they do not have the sustainability to be able to deploy into the remote areas where we need them the most,” he said. According to Dr Norton, there are positive examples. “An example of best practice is a team that arrived the night before last, with 120 people and with full self-sufficiency. They will be able to deliver care with no external support and will be no burden on the community. We are expecting at least 10 teams of this type to arrive,” he said. Apart from managing resources, WHO is also taking steps to prevent the spread of communicable diseases that can occur as a result of overcrowded living conditions, lack of shelter, contaminated water and poor sanitation. At a WHO-convened meeting of health-related organizations at UN House in Kathmandu this morning, Hyo-Jeong Kim, WHO Operations Officer, said that WHO is mobilizing to prevent the spread of disease and would continue scaling up its public health response over the next few days. “We are establishing an early warning response and alert system and strengthening the disease surveillance system in affected areas to identify any diseases that could spread through the population,” she said. Kim also stressed that although many dead bodies are yet to be disposed of, they pose little risk to public health. WHO is continuing to work with the Ministry of Health in 11 severely-affected rural and isolated districts to assess damage to health facilities and health needs." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1692"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1692/central-african-republic-humanitarian-crisis-2013-">CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Humanitarian Crisis – 2013 to 2017 <span>(46)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1692/central-african-republic-humanitarian-crisis-2013-" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/16453_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=d0cf77c8326013db10e1fdfc7839aa036b1e56c9a108323d1172a63c20b9c348" alt="Workers load medicines and medical supplies onto a truck at the WHO warehouse in Bangui, Central African Republic. After an increase in violence in the country and the internal displacement of more than 200,000 people, access to essential health care for many people has become limited." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Workers load medicines and medical supplies onto a truck at the WHO warehouse in Bangui, Central African Republic. After an increase in violence in the country and the internal displacement of more than 200,000 people, access to essential health care for many people has become limited." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Workers load medicines and medical supplies onto a truck at the WHO warehouse in Bangui, Central African Republic. After an increase in violence in the country and the internal displacement of more than 200,000 people, access to essential health care for many people has become limited." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1695"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1695/south-sudan-humanitarian-crisis-2014-to-2017">SOUTH SUDAN: Humanitarian Crisis – 2014 to 2017 <span>(22)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1695/south-sudan-humanitarian-crisis-2014-to-2017" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/74546_508.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=66e44d0454fbfb56b22302c156d838cf7af91f8971c4e47b46de56ba83f72d4d" alt="Cholera prevention measures among displaced people in South Sudan WHO works with the South Sudan Government and partners to provide vaccines to protect nearly 140 000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan against cholera. Although currently there is not a cholera outbreak, people displaced by the recent conflict and living in the camps are at risk due to poor sanitary conditions and overcrowding. Starting today, 94 000 people will be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, targeting displaced people and host communities, followed by vaccination campaigns in camps based in Juba, covering an additional 43 000 people. The programme is being carried out in coordination with the South Sudanese government, with the help of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UNICEF. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/2770" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="508" height="300" style="margin-left:-104px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Cholera prevention measures among displaced people in South Sudan WHO works with the South Sudan Government and partners to provide vaccines to protect nearly 140 000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan against cholera. Although currently there is not a cholera outbreak, people displaced by the recent conflict and living in the camps are at risk due to poor sanitary conditions and overcrowding. Starting today, 94 000 people will be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, targeting displaced people and host communities, followed by vaccination campaigns in camps based in Juba, covering an additional 43 000 people. The programme is being carried out in coordination with the South Sudanese government, with the help of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UNICEF. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/2770" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="508" height="300" style="margin-left:-104px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Cholera prevention measures among displaced people in South Sudan WHO works with the South Sudan Government and partners to provide vaccines to protect nearly 140 000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan against cholera. Although currently there is not a cholera outbreak, people displaced by the recent conflict and living in the camps are at risk due to poor sanitary conditions and overcrowding. Starting today, 94 000 people will be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, targeting displaced people and host communities, followed by vaccination campaigns in camps based in Juba, covering an additional 43 000 people. The programme is being carried out in coordination with the South Sudanese government, with the help of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UNICEF. Read more: https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/2770" extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="508" height="300" style="margin-left:-104px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1735"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1735/sudan-yellow-fever-2012">SUDAN: Yellow fever – 2012 <span>(41)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1735/sudan-yellow-fever-2012" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/18720_451.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=139748b4c92ff4a9669d8275bb3aba4f0e461f0572570b52f4f5f37405c62787" alt="WHO's role in supporting the Ministry of Health of Sudan to confront the yellow fever outbreak in 2012. Yellow fever is endemic in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America. Outbreaks can occur when yellow fever is carried by an infected mosquito or person into an area where there are unvaccinated people. WHO strongly recommends routine yellow fever vaccination of children and mass campaigns to increase vaccination coverage in countries at risk. To effectively prevent outbreaks, at least 60-80% of the population must be vaccinated. WHO has worked with the Government of Sudan to develop an emergency response vaccination strategy for the outbreak-affected areas of Darfur. Vaccination is the best way to prevent yellow fever. The vaccine is safe, affordable and provides immunity within 10 days. The first phase of the campaign, targeting approximately 2.2 million people, commenced on 20 November 2012." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO's role in supporting the Ministry of Health of Sudan to confront the yellow fever outbreak in 2012. Yellow fever is endemic in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America. Outbreaks can occur when yellow fever is carried by an infected mosquito or person into an area where there are unvaccinated people. WHO strongly recommends routine yellow fever vaccination of children and mass campaigns to increase vaccination coverage in countries at risk. To effectively prevent outbreaks, at least 60-80% of the population must be vaccinated. WHO has worked with the Government of Sudan to develop an emergency response vaccination strategy for the outbreak-affected areas of Darfur. Vaccination is the best way to prevent yellow fever. The vaccine is safe, affordable and provides immunity within 10 days. The first phase of the campaign, targeting approximately 2.2 million people, commenced on 20 November 2012." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="WHO's role in supporting the Ministry of Health of Sudan to confront the yellow fever outbreak in 2012. Yellow fever is endemic in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America. Outbreaks can occur when yellow fever is carried by an infected mosquito or person into an area where there are unvaccinated people. WHO strongly recommends routine yellow fever vaccination of children and mass campaigns to increase vaccination coverage in countries at risk. To effectively prevent outbreaks, at least 60-80% of the population must be vaccinated. WHO has worked with the Government of Sudan to develop an emergency response vaccination strategy for the outbreak-affected areas of Darfur. Vaccination is the best way to prevent yellow fever. The vaccine is safe, affordable and provides immunity within 10 days. The first phase of the campaign, targeting approximately 2.2 million people, commenced on 20 November 2012." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="451" height="300" style="margin-left:-75.5px;" /></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li id="group_1734"> <label class="fadeTitle hideMe"></label> <div class="titleOverlay"></div> <div class="title"> <span class="hideTitle"> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1734/sierra-leone-cholera-2012">SIERRA LEONE: Cholera – 2012 <span>(63)</span></a> </span> </div> <div class="blockImage"> <div> <a href="https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1734/sierra-leone-cholera-2012" style="height:200;"> <span class="fauxcrop" style="width:300px;height:300px;"><img src="https://lrmm-who-media.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/13192_450.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6HVAQWUCINR6VDUA%2F20250226%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250226T002112Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=1200&X-Amz-Signature=ccc5c477498b6f6c9fd33816f0485835e46c43fd5f08f59479540e669044724b" alt="Sallieu K., laboratory scientist at the Ministry of Health (in WHO jacket) speaks with the Cholera Treatment Centre staff to arrange taking samples at Wellington Community Center. A cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has killed almost 300 people and affected more than 20 000. Without support to expand and sustain the response operation, as many as 32 000 cases could be expected this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have established a cholera control and command centre to coordinate the response to what has turned into a national emergency. WHO has brought in experts in epidemiology, surveillance, case management, logistics, social mobilization, water and sanitation from other WHO offices as well as from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency. Much of the work being done by WHO and partners will help to strengthen the country’s capacity to deal with disease outbreaks in the future. However WHO Representative in Sierra Leone Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu warns that there is an urgent need for investment in infrastructure to improve safe water supply and sanitation. “Water and sanitation is going to remain a long-term challenge, particularly in the slums in Freetown where people are at high risk of diarrhoeal disease,” he says. By 27 September 2012, reports of cholera cases were continuing to decrease and the death rates had reduced to less than 1% of cases in 3 out of the 12 affected districts. Some cholera treatment units in Freetown operated by nongovernmental organizations have closed due to reduced cases. However, in the recently affected districts, new cases are still coming in and work must continue to control the outbreak and prevent further deaths from this treatable disease. Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="visible" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Sallieu K., laboratory scientist at the Ministry of Health (in WHO jacket) speaks with the Cholera Treatment Centre staff to arrange taking samples at Wellington Community Center. A cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has killed almost 300 people and affected more than 20 000. Without support to expand and sustain the response operation, as many as 32 000 cases could be expected this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have established a cholera control and command centre to coordinate the response to what has turned into a national emergency. WHO has brought in experts in epidemiology, surveillance, case management, logistics, social mobilization, water and sanitation from other WHO offices as well as from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency. Much of the work being done by WHO and partners will help to strengthen the country’s capacity to deal with disease outbreaks in the future. However WHO Representative in Sierra Leone Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu warns that there is an urgent need for investment in infrastructure to improve safe water supply and sanitation. “Water and sanitation is going to remain a long-term challenge, particularly in the slums in Freetown where people are at high risk of diarrhoeal disease,” he says. By 27 September 2012, reports of cholera cases were continuing to decrease and the death rates had reduced to less than 1% of cases in 3 out of the 12 affected districts. Some cholera treatment units in Freetown operated by nongovernmental organizations have closed due to reduced cases. However, in the recently affected districts, new cases are still coming in and work must continue to control the outbreak and prevent further deaths from this treatable disease. Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken." extraCss="" addHiddenImage="1" width="450" height="300" style="margin-left:-75px;" class="alternative hidden" /><img src="https://photos.hq.who.int/media/image?src=blank_image.gif" alt="Sallieu K., laboratory scientist at the Ministry of Health (in WHO jacket) speaks with the Cholera Treatment Centre staff to arrange taking samples at Wellington Community Center. A cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has killed almost 300 people and affected more than 20 000. Without support to expand and sustain the response operation, as many as 32 000 cases could be expected this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have established a cholera control and command centre to coordinate the response to what has turned into a national emergency. WHO has brought in experts in epidemiology, surveillance, case management, logistics, social mobilization, water and sanitation from other WHO offices as well as from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency. Much of the work being done by WHO and partners will help to strengthen the country’s capacity to deal with disease outbreaks in the future. However WHO Representative in Sierra Leone Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu warns that there is an urgent need for investment in infrastructure to improve safe water supply and sanitation. “Water and sanitation is going to remain a long-term challenge, particularly in the slums in Freetown where people are at high risk of diarrhoeal disease,” he says. By 27 September 2012, reports of cholera cases were continuing to decrease and the death rates had reduced to less than 1% of cases in 3 out of the 12 affected districts. Some cholera treatment units in Freetown operated by nongovernmental organizations have closed due to reduced cases. However, in the recently affected districts, new cases are still coming in and work must continue to control the outbreak and prevent further deaths from this treatable disease. 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