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  • 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-2023Resma 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
  • Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responding to questions from journalists, during the post-election press conference.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responding to questions from journalists, during the post-election press conference.
  • Cholera is an acute enteric infection, primarily linked to insufficient access to safe water and proper sanitation. A water pump/collection point in a neighbourhood in Kinshasa.Cholera is an acute enteric infection, primarily linked to insufficient access to safe water and proper sanitation. A water pump/collection point in a neighbourhood in Kinshasa.
  • 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. 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. 
  • WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives an opening statement during the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak. The meeting was held on 23 June 2022 at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland with virtual participation of some of the committee members. Dr Tedros attended the meeting virtually from Kigali, Rwanda. https://www.who.int/news/item/23-06-2022-ihr-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi-country-outbreak-of-monkeypox More information: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/emergencies-international-health-regulations-and-emergency-committeesWHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives an opening statement during the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak. The meeting was held on 23 June 2022 at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland with virtual participation of some of the committee members. Dr Tedros attended the meeting virtually from Kigali, Rwanda. https://www.who.int/news/item/23-06-2022-ihr-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi-country-outbreak-of-monkeypox More information: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/emergencies-international-health-regulations-and-emergency-committees
  • Four flights containing WHO medical supplies for injuries, cholera and mental health arrived in Beirut, Lebanon.  The supplies are enough to treat around 100,000 patients. WHO is working to bring in additional supplies to meet all the needs.Four flights containing WHO medical supplies for injuries, cholera and mental health arrived in Beirut, Lebanon.  The supplies are enough to treat around 100,000 patients. WHO is working to bring in additional supplies to meet all the needs.
  • Children look out through a hole in a wall at a destroyed residential area, Gaza strip.   In the occupied Palestinian territory, where a 16-year blockade has left the Gaza Strip’s health system severely under-resourced, escalating hostilities with Israel that began on 7 October 2023 are compounding an already dire situation. Power outages and shortages of medicines and health supplies in Gaza Strip hospitals are hindering the delivery of life-saving medical care. Attacks on health care have been recorded by WHO, resulting in deaths and injuries of health workers and affecting health facilities and ambulances. As the situation revolver, there is an urgent need to establish a humanitarian corridor for unimpeded, life-saving patient referrals and movement of humanitarian personnel and essential health supplies. https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue-1.pdf https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue_2.pdf https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue_3.pdfChildren look out through a hole in a wall at a destroyed residential area, Gaza strip.   In the occupied Palestinian territory, where a 16-year blockade has left the Gaza Strip’s health system severely under-resourced, escalating hostilities with Israel that began on 7 October 2023 are compounding an already dire situation. Power outages and shortages of medicines and health supplies in Gaza Strip hospitals are hindering the delivery of life-saving medical care. Attacks on health care have been recorded by WHO, resulting in deaths and injuries of health workers and affecting health facilities and ambulances. As the situation revolver, there is an urgent need to establish a humanitarian corridor for unimpeded, life-saving patient referrals and movement of humanitarian personnel and essential health supplies. https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue-1.pdf https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue_2.pdf https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/oPt-emegency-situation-report-issue_3.pdf
  • Physical Therapists Tetyana helps Sasha, 13, with physical therapy exercises. Sasha, 13, and her mother Olena moved from Kryvyi Rih to Dnipro to receive assistance for Sasha's cerebral palsy. WHO Ukraine has provided assistive technology kits (AT10 kits) with essential assistive products to health care facilities for thousands of internally displaced persons and other persons with mobility and self-care needs resulting from the war in Ukraine. Sasha received a wheelchair through the initiative.  Related:  Press release: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/19-12-2022-who-provides-assistive-products-for-thousands-of-displaced-people-in-ukrainePhysical Therapists Tetyana helps Sasha, 13, with physical therapy exercises. Sasha, 13, and her mother Olena moved from Kryvyi Rih to Dnipro to receive assistance for Sasha's cerebral palsy. WHO Ukraine has provided assistive technology kits (AT10 kits) with essential assistive products to health care facilities for thousands of internally displaced persons and other persons with mobility and self-care needs resulting from the war in Ukraine. Sasha received a wheelchair through the initiative.  Related:  Press release: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/19-12-2022-who-provides-assistive-products-for-thousands-of-displaced-people-in-ukraine
  • A health worker who has been a champion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in her community for over a decade prepares to visit a community member who is pregnant in Bara Kahu, Islamabad, on 25 March 2022, as part of outreach services of the “Lady Health Worker” programme. “Lady Health Workers” are part a government health program supported by WHO to provide essential primary health services, including SRHR, to underserved communities where they themselves often live. As of 2020, maternal mortality in Pakistan was 186/100 000 live births. About 25% of married women are using modern contraceptives, and the unmet need for family planning is 17%. There are 29 abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age. The adolescent birth rate is 46 per 1000. Among other achievements, WHO's SRHR Initiative in Pakistan has contributed to updating guidelines, including in-service and pre-service packages, establishing six centres for SRH services, and including misoprostol and a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol in the National Essential Medicines List.A health worker who has been a champion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in her community for over a decade prepares to visit a community member who is pregnant in Bara Kahu, Islamabad, on 25 March 2022, as part of outreach services of the “Lady Health Worker” programme. “Lady Health Workers” are part a government health program supported by WHO to provide essential primary health services, including SRHR, to underserved communities where they themselves often live. As of 2020, maternal mortality in Pakistan was 186/100 000 live births. About 25% of married women are using modern contraceptives, and the unmet need for family planning is 17%. There are 29 abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age. The adolescent birth rate is 46 per 1000. Among other achievements, WHO's SRHR Initiative in Pakistan has contributed to updating guidelines, including in-service and pre-service packages, establishing six centres for SRH services, and including misoprostol and a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol in the National Essential Medicines List.
  • Patients in the waiting room at a health center in Comrat, Moldova, on 24 June 2022.Patients in the waiting room at a health center in Comrat, Moldova, on 24 June 2022.
  • 17 March 2021. A patient with leishmaniasis is treated at the National Centre for Disease Control in Tawergha, Libya. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a major public health problem in Libya. The disease causes skin lesions, mainly ulcers, on exposed parts of the body. Without proper treatment, it can leave life-long scars and lead to serious disability or stigma. WHO is the sole provider of antileishmanial treatments in Libya. In addition to providing medicines, WHO has helped to train health workers in Tawergha on treating patients with leishmaniasis.17 March 2021. A patient with leishmaniasis is treated at the National Centre for Disease Control in Tawergha, Libya. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a major public health problem in Libya. The disease causes skin lesions, mainly ulcers, on exposed parts of the body. Without proper treatment, it can leave life-long scars and lead to serious disability or stigma. WHO is the sole provider of antileishmanial treatments in Libya. In addition to providing medicines, WHO has helped to train health workers in Tawergha on treating patients with leishmaniasis.
  • On 12 May 2020 a health worker uses a finger pulse oximeter to measure levels of oxygen saturation in the blood of a patient at De Martini Hospital. The De Martini COVID-19 isolation center in the Banaadir region of Somalia is supported by WHO.On 12 May 2020 a health worker uses a finger pulse oximeter to measure levels of oxygen saturation in the blood of a patient at De Martini Hospital. The De Martini COVID-19 isolation center in the Banaadir region of Somalia is supported by WHO.
  • Psychiatrist Oleksii K., left, a member of the WHO-supported mobile mental health team, visits former patient Nataliia, 39, right, at her home on 15 February 2021 in Bylbasivka, Ukraine. Nataliia's son Kyryl, 8, sits in between listening to the conversation with a teddy bear. The COVID-19 pandemic and protracted conflict along the Ukraine-Russian border have had a devastating impact on Ukrainians with severe mental health conditions. These coinciding events have further limited their access to specialized care. Introduced by WHO in 2015, the community mental health teams project originally aimed to provide comprehensive community-based mental health care to people who faced consequences of the conflict. In 2020 WHO has reinforced its support to Ukraine in the area of mental health as a part of WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health, and seven community mental health teams are working across Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community-based care is a new approach for mental health care in Ukraine but with the support from WHO, Ukraine aims to scale up the teams for people with severe mental health conditions throughout the country. A team based in Slovyansk and consisting of a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a nurse and a social worker travel to different settlements in the region to deliver specialized mental health care to their patients. The team helps the person to develop their recovery plan, cope with symptoms of mental health conditions and prevent crisis, supports them in maintaining activities of daily living and social relations, engages resources available in community for education, housing, employment and social protection.Psychiatrist Oleksii K., left, a member of the WHO-supported mobile mental health team, visits former patient Nataliia, 39, right, at her home on 15 February 2021 in Bylbasivka, Ukraine. Nataliia's son Kyryl, 8, sits in between listening to the conversation with a teddy bear. The COVID-19 pandemic and protracted conflict along the Ukraine-Russian border have had a devastating impact on Ukrainians with severe mental health conditions. These coinciding events have further limited their access to specialized care. Introduced by WHO in 2015, the community mental health teams project originally aimed to provide comprehensive community-based mental health care to people who faced consequences of the conflict. In 2020 WHO has reinforced its support to Ukraine in the area of mental health as a part of WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health, and seven community mental health teams are working across Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community-based care is a new approach for mental health care in Ukraine but with the support from WHO, Ukraine aims to scale up the teams for people with severe mental health conditions throughout the country. A team based in Slovyansk and consisting of a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a nurse and a social worker travel to different settlements in the region to deliver specialized mental health care to their patients. The team helps the person to develop their recovery plan, cope with symptoms of mental health conditions and prevent crisis, supports them in maintaining activities of daily living and social relations, engages resources available in community for education, housing, employment and social protection.
  • Alarm signaller with CO (carbon monoxide) sensor and vibrating pad. Alarm signallers alert children and adults to imminent danger (smoke, fire, security breach). They can also draw attention to everyday events (doorbell, baby’s cry).  Alarm signallers are intended for use by children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing about changes within their environment.   https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240020283Alarm signaller with CO (carbon monoxide) sensor and vibrating pad. Alarm signallers alert children and adults to imminent danger (smoke, fire, security breach). They can also draw attention to everyday events (doorbell, baby’s cry).  Alarm signallers are intended for use by children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing about changes within their environment.   https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240020283
  • Health in the world of tomorrow 20th Anniversary Year - 1948-68 World Health Organization 20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization (1948-1988)Health in the world of tomorrow 20th Anniversary Year - 1948-68 World Health Organization 20th Anniversary of the World Health Organization (1948-1988)
  • A mother and daughter wearing face masks walk on the street in front of the WHO office in Roman Ridge, Accra.A mother and daughter wearing face masks walk on the street in front of the WHO office in Roman Ridge, Accra.
  • The event is jointly hosted by the President of France Emmanuel Macron and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and is attended by the Minister of Health, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of France, as well as regional and local authorities in Lyon. The Academy aims to expand access to critical learning for health workers, managers, public health officials, educators, researchers, policy makers and those who provide care in their own homes and communities, as well as WHO’s workforce throughout the world. The high-tech building in Lyon’s bio-medical district is being made possible by the generosity of the French Government, the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, the Lyon Métropole and the City of Lyon. From there, the WHO Academy will deploy state-of-the-art technologies to expand access to the highest quality health learning and latest evidence-based health guidance throughout the world. Read more https://www.who.int/news/item/27-09-2021-leaders-gather-in-lyon-france-to-break-ground-for-the-who-academy-campus .The event is jointly hosted by the President of France Emmanuel Macron and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and is attended by the Minister of Health, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of France, as well as regional and local authorities in Lyon. The Academy aims to expand access to critical learning for health workers, managers, public health officials, educators, researchers, policy makers and those who provide care in their own homes and communities, as well as WHO’s workforce throughout the world. The high-tech building in Lyon’s bio-medical district is being made possible by the generosity of the French Government, the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, the Lyon Métropole and the City of Lyon. From there, the WHO Academy will deploy state-of-the-art technologies to expand access to the highest quality health learning and latest evidence-based health guidance throughout the world. Read more https://www.who.int/news/item/27-09-2021-leaders-gather-in-lyon-france-to-break-ground-for-the-who-academy-campus .
  • World Health Summit 2024, Panel Discussion 1: Building Trust for Better Decision-Making in Health Emergencies from a Regional Perspective  This panel is hosted by the WHO Health Emergencies Programme incorporating the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and brought together high-level policymakers from several regional public health agencies to discuss the common challenges and opportunities in building trust across different levels of governance.    https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2024/PD-01 https://youtu.be/xQFdwp3vTBwWorld Health Summit 2024, Panel Discussion 1: Building Trust for Better Decision-Making in Health Emergencies from a Regional Perspective  This panel is hosted by the WHO Health Emergencies Programme incorporating the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and brought together high-level policymakers from several regional public health agencies to discuss the common challenges and opportunities in building trust across different levels of governance.    https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2024/PD-01 https://youtu.be/xQFdwp3vTBw
  • Opening of the 75th World Health Assembly - 22 May 2022 On 22 May 2022, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during his opening address at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. https://bit.ly/3PBu0QDOpening of the 75th World Health Assembly - 22 May 2022 On 22 May 2022, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during his opening address at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. https://bit.ly/3PBu0QD
  • The World Health Organization organized the 3rd edition in Geneva of the “Walk the Talk: the Health For All Challenge” on 22 May 2022, on the morning of the start of the 75th World Health Assembly. Participants ran or walked over two routes - 3 kilometres and 4.2 kilometres - starting at Place des Nations. Learn more about the https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/05/22/default-calendar/who-to-host-3rd-edition-of-walk-the-talk-in-geneva and read the https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-address-at-walk-the-talk--the-health-for-all-challenge---22-may-2022 .The World Health Organization organized the 3rd edition in Geneva of the “Walk the Talk: the Health For All Challenge” on 22 May 2022, on the morning of the start of the 75th World Health Assembly. Participants ran or walked over two routes - 3 kilometres and 4.2 kilometres - starting at Place des Nations. Learn more about the https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/05/22/default-calendar/who-to-host-3rd-edition-of-walk-the-talk-in-geneva and read the https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-address-at-walk-the-talk--the-health-for-all-challenge---22-may-2022 .
  • Dr Halfdan T. Mahler (Denmark), former Director-General of the World Health Organization, from 1973 to 1988.Dr Halfdan T. Mahler (Denmark), former Director-General of the World Health Organization, from 1973 to 1988.
  • As part of WHO's 75th anniversary activities, an exhibition featuring highlights of the Organization's photography archives was included in the annual Photoville photography festival in New York City from 3 to 18 June 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/06/03/default-calendar/picturing-health--highlights-from-the-world-health-organization-archivesAs part of WHO's 75th anniversary activities, an exhibition featuring highlights of the Organization's photography archives was included in the annual Photoville photography festival in New York City from 3 to 18 June 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/06/03/default-calendar/picturing-health--highlights-from-the-world-health-organization-archives
  • Tina's Academy International School students were vaccinated by a team of health workers dispatched by the government in and around Owa-Alero, which has been one of the places with a high number of yellow fever cases.  The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and health authorities in the states of Delta and Enugu to respond to an outbreak of yellow fever that was confirmed in early November 2020. WHO and partners are assisting with case investigation, case management and community engagement, among other activities.  In addition, in response to this outbreak a planned yellow fever vaccination campaign in Delta was brought forward, starting on 10 November. Nigeria had been reporting suspected cases of the yellow fever in all 36 states and the federal capital territory since its outbreak in September 2017 and is one of the countries implementing the global eliminate yellow fever epidemics (EYE) strategy. As part of the strategy, Nigeria has developed a 10-year strategic plan for the elimination of yellow fever epidemics. Through this strategy, the country plans to vaccinate at least 80% of the target population in all states by 2026. https://www.who.int/health-topics/yellow-feverTina's Academy International School students were vaccinated by a team of health workers dispatched by the government in and around Owa-Alero, which has been one of the places with a high number of yellow fever cases.  The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and health authorities in the states of Delta and Enugu to respond to an outbreak of yellow fever that was confirmed in early November 2020. WHO and partners are assisting with case investigation, case management and community engagement, among other activities.  In addition, in response to this outbreak a planned yellow fever vaccination campaign in Delta was brought forward, starting on 10 November. Nigeria had been reporting suspected cases of the yellow fever in all 36 states and the federal capital territory since its outbreak in September 2017 and is one of the countries implementing the global eliminate yellow fever epidemics (EYE) strategy. As part of the strategy, Nigeria has developed a 10-year strategic plan for the elimination of yellow fever epidemics. Through this strategy, the country plans to vaccinate at least 80% of the target population in all states by 2026. https://www.who.int/health-topics/yellow-fever
  • The strange case of Johnny. He never spoke. He could scarcely walk. Anger and joy, laughter and tears were equally foreign to him. His start in life had been extraordinary, for with a birth weight of only a pound and a half Johnny was one of the smallest babies ever seen to live. Until he was two, his parents did nothing special about him, but one day they realized that he was not catching up with the other children and so the quest for help began. "Totally deaf", "schizophrenic", "mentally deficient", "should be in an institution" were among the many professional verdicts obtained on this strange case. But the parents persevered and at last succeeded in finding someone to lead their child out of his defensive isolation, out of his rigid emotional refusal to participate. He was six when his therapist saw him for the first time, and with quick intuition, she guessed that his hearing might not be defective at all. Johnny is now much more alive and has started to play with other children. But he scarcely talks all and has a long way to go before he will be well.The strange case of Johnny. He never spoke. He could scarcely walk. Anger and joy, laughter and tears were equally foreign to him. His start in life had been extraordinary, for with a birth weight of only a pound and a half Johnny was one of the smallest babies ever seen to live. Until he was two, his parents did nothing special about him, but one day they realized that he was not catching up with the other children and so the quest for help began. "Totally deaf", "schizophrenic", "mentally deficient", "should be in an institution" were among the many professional verdicts obtained on this strange case. But the parents persevered and at last succeeded in finding someone to lead their child out of his defensive isolation, out of his rigid emotional refusal to participate. He was six when his therapist saw him for the first time, and with quick intuition, she guessed that his hearing might not be defective at all. Johnny is now much more alive and has started to play with other children. But he scarcely talks all and has a long way to go before he will be well.
  • On 19 October 2022, Temira is pictured wtih her 12-month-old daughter Zahara in front of the Eltomale Site Mobile Health and Nutrition Team in Chifra, Afar. "This clinic is located near my home, so I can bring Zahara here easily," she said. "Zahara received a check-up and vaccination today. When I am not feeling well, I also come here." 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. On 19 October 2022, Temira is pictured wtih her 12-month-old daughter Zahara in front of the Eltomale Site Mobile Health and Nutrition Team in Chifra, Afar. "This clinic is located near my home, so I can bring Zahara here easily," she said. "Zahara received a check-up and vaccination today. When I am not feeling well, I also come here." 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. 

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