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Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Note to Journalists
Public Health Situation Analysis: El Niño
(October-December 2023)
On 12 October, WHO has published a second Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) looking at the current and potential health impacts of the global El Niño climate event. It describes health systems’ capacities to respond, and provides a common understanding of the event to inform health response planning.
The document is for health sector partners, including local and national authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), donor agencies and United Nations agencies. It is based on key documents and research products from members of WHO, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), other UN organizations, NGOs, and research institutes.
What is new in this edition?
This edition updates the climate forecast for the months of October through December 2023 and re-assesses the health risks in the updated context. Most risks remain unchanged.The risk table has been divided into separate tables for wet versus dry effects of El Niño.An updated food insecurity map has been included.Additional potential monitoring indicators have been added.A section on information gaps and suggested methods to obtain information has been added.
The PHSA in full: [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/public-health-situation-analysis–el-ni-o-(october-december-2023)]
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