PROMOTE HEALTH, KEEP THE WORLD SAFE, SERVE THE VULNERABLE

Julia Paredes Lopez, a nurse with the Chihuahua Health Secretariat, reviews the vaccination card of Argelia at an indigenous camp in Chihuahua City, Mexico, on 24 June 2024. For 30 years, nurse Julia Paredes has traveled distances on horseback or by foot to vaccinate remote villages, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers to provide the preventive care.  "In the last 30 years, I've seen how the vaccines arrived to the most remote localities. I've seen how people stopped dying because of measles. I would like to be remembered with a vaccine thermos in the streets, talking to people and telling them that vaccines save lives," she said.Julia Paredes Lopez, a nurse with the Chihuahua Health Secretariat, reviews the vaccination card of Argelia at an indigenous camp in Chihuahua City, Mexico, on 24 June 2024. For 30 years, nurse Julia Paredes has traveled distances on horseback or by foot to vaccinate remote villages, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers to provide the preventive care.  "In the last 30 years, I've seen how the vaccines arrived to the most remote localities. I've seen how people stopped dying because of measles. I would like to be remembered with a vaccine thermos in the streets, talking to people and telling them that vaccines save lives," she said.

ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

Sudanese refugees wait to be registered upon arrival in Adre, Chad, on 5 July 2024.Sudanese refugees wait to be registered upon arrival in Adre, Chad, on 5 July 2024.

ADDRESSING HEALTH EMERGENCIES

On 14 March 2023, health worker Kaim K. tests 6-month-old Muhammad for malaria in Naseerabad. The activity was supported by WHO.  The 2022 floods resulted in the worst malaria outbreak in Pakistan since 1973. In response, international health organizations such as WHO and the Global Fund came together with local governments and NGOs to combat the malaria outbreak and help address the extraordinary scale of need. The response drew on both the oldest and newest interventions in the anti-malaria tool kit. In the makeshift refugee camps, nets were distributed, tents (and what houses remained) were sprayed with insecticides, and mass drug administration campaigns were conducted to quickly treat as many people as possible.   Related: https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/It-was-just-the-perfect-storm-for-malaria-pakistan-responds-to-surge-in-cases-following-the-2022-floodsOn 14 March 2023, health worker Kaim K. tests 6-month-old Muhammad for malaria in Naseerabad. The activity was supported by WHO.  The 2022 floods resulted in the worst malaria outbreak in Pakistan since 1973. In response, international health organizations such as WHO and the Global Fund came together with local governments and NGOs to combat the malaria outbreak and help address the extraordinary scale of need. The response drew on both the oldest and newest interventions in the anti-malaria tool kit. In the makeshift refugee camps, nets were distributed, tents (and what houses remained) were sprayed with insecticides, and mass drug administration campaigns were conducted to quickly treat as many people as possible.   Related: https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/It-was-just-the-perfect-storm-for-malaria-pakistan-responds-to-surge-in-cases-following-the-2022-floods

PROMOTING HEALTHIER POPULATIONS

Dr Alain Mangolopa, WHO Emergency Officer for North Kivu, talks to Wemana, who fled her home and is currently sheltering at Bushagara Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, north of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on 15 August 2024. The identification of mpox cases in IDP camps around Goma is concerning because the high population density can result in further spread, and population movements can hamper response efforts.  On 14 August 2024, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus determined that the upsurge of mpox in DRC and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concernDr Alain Mangolopa, WHO Emergency Officer for North Kivu, talks to Wemana, who fled her home and is currently sheltering at Bushagara Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, north of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on 15 August 2024. The identification of mpox cases in IDP camps around Goma is concerning because the high population density can result in further spread, and population movements can hamper response efforts.  On 14 August 2024, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus determined that the upsurge of mpox in DRC and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern

WHO SUPPORT TO COUNTRIES