Emergency and critical care - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 29, 2024 · Emergency care is an integrated platform for delivering accessible, quality and time-sensitive health care services for acute illness and injury across the life course. Integrated emergency care services facilitate timely recognition, treatment management and, when needed, continued treatment of the acutely ill at the appropriate level of the ...
World Health Organization Emergencies Programme
From 1 January to 29 December 2024, a cumulative total of 804 721 cholera cases and 5805 deaths were reported from 33 countries across five WHO regions....
WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing
Oct 31, 2024 · This is the largest donation package announced to date in response to the current mpox emergency. LC16m8 is a vaccine developed and manufactured by KM Biologics in Japan. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for EUL of vaccines convened to discuss the outcome of the LC16m8 vaccine review, including the product and programmatic suitability ...
WHO - Emergency situation reports
Nov 20, 2024 · Latest WHO official reports for emergency situations. 23 January 2025 Sudan conflict – Situation in refugee-hosting countries, Multi-country External Situation Report #8, covering the reporting period December 2024 Sudan conflict – Situation in refugee-hosting countries, Multi-country External Situation Report #8, covering the reporting ...
Basic Emergency Care - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Basic Emergency Care Course (BEC) is a joint WHO/ICRC/IFEM learning programme for first contact health workers who care for patients with acute illness or injury. BEC teaches a systematic approach to the initial assessment and management of time-sensitive conditions where early intervention saves lives.
Emergency Care Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO Emergency Care Toolkit (ECT) is an open access bundle of interventions, developed to be implemented in emergency units within hospitals, particularly in resource limited settings. The main aim of the ECT is to support systematic care of the acutely ill and injured within hospitals.
WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care: approach to the acutely ill and …
Oct 30, 2018 · Overview . Developed by WHO and ICRC, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access training course for first contact healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources.
2024 appeals - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 15, 2024 · Through the Health Emergency Appeal 2024, WHO will provide support to 41 ongoing health crises around the world, including 15 of the highest-level ‘Grade 3’ emergencies – those which require an urgent and major WHO response.
Emergency response framework (ERF), Edition 2.1
This version (2024) of the WHO ERF has been developed following extensive consultation across the three levels of the Organization and response experiences over the last five years of emergency response. Key areas have been updated to improve the accountability, predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of WHO’s response to emergencies.
WHO - List of emergencies
The health emergencies list below details the disease outbreaks, environmental disasters and other humanitarian crises in which WHO has played or is still playing an essential role in protecting health.