(AGENPARL) – ven 01 dicembre 2023 WOU and COVID-19 EPI
WHO’s Operational Update on Health Emergencies (WOU)
In this edition of WHO’s Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
Ensuring access to lifesaving essential health care services in the occupied Palestinian territoryIsrael’s health system responds to the October 2023 attacksWHO provides emergency support to the Armenia refugee responseSupporting the response to the earthquakes in Herat, AfghanistanWHO/EURO holds a face-to-face training on Early Warning, Alert and Response (EWAR) in Emergencies in the Czech RepublicHealth Resource Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS): Operational status of the health system in UkraineGOARN holds its first leadership trainingEnhancing early outbreak analytics to support better decision-making: the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence holds a ground-breaking hackathonEnhancing preparedness through Barbados Defence Forces’ Mobile Field HospitalMalawi launches its first training for frontline responders for health emergencies and disastersWHO offers a Basic Emergency Care course in the Republic of Moldova to boost clinical care capacities for emergency preparedness and responseWHO Global Logistics Centers’ Monthly UpdateOpenWHO: providing quality and up-to-date learning on clinical management during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic See the WOU Issue: 18 [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-s-operational-update-on-health-emergencies—october-2023] COVID-19 Epidemiological Update
Globally, more than half a million new COVID-19 cases and over 2400 new deaths have been reported in the past 28-day period from 23 October to 19 November 2023. Compared to the previous 28-day period, those figures represent a 13% and 72% decrease in cases and deaths respectively. As of 19 November 2023, over 772 million confirmed cases and over six million deaths have been reported globally.
In this edition, we include:
The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and the regional levelsAn update on hospitalizations and ICU admissionsAn update on the SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest (VOI) and variants under monitoring (VUM) See the EPI [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/covid-19-epidemiological-update—24-november-2023] Patients’ stories paint a vivid picture of antimicrobial resistance
See the stories [https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/patients–stories-paint-a-vivid-picture-of-antimicrobial-resistance] Latest Donors and Partners News A leading flexible contributor, the Netherlands renews its multiannual allocation to WHO [https://www.who.int/news/item/06-11-2023-a-leading-flexible-contributor–the-netherlands-renews-its-multiannual-allocation-to-who] Germany reaffirms its commitment to WHO and key health priorities [https://www.who.int/news/item/08-11-2023-germany-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-who-and-key-health-priorities] Canada and WHO pursue closer engagement on gender, equity, universal health coverage and more [https://www.who.int/news/item/20-11-2023-canada-and-who-pursue-closer-engagement-on-gender–equity–universal-health-coverage-and-more] See WHO’s Emergency Appeal for Sudan and neighbouring countries [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-emergency-appeal–sudan-and-neighbouring-countries—june-december-2023] WHO’s response to health emergencies annual report [https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/367947] Contingency Fund for Emergencies [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/contingency-fund-for-emergencies—quarterly-update–july-2023] WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2023 [https://www.who.int/emergencies/funding/outbreak-and-crisis-response-appeal/2023]
Read how our donors make a difference [https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/feature-stories] and stories of work in countries around the world.
Thanks to all donors and partners [https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/donors-and-partners/funding] contributing to the WHO COVID-19 response.
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