Emergency care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Emergency care is powerfully aligned with the primary health care agenda as it provides first contact clinical care for those who are acutely ill or injured. Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care is a high impact and cost-effective form of secondary prevention.
Alert and Response - World Health Organization (WHO)
Early detection and rapid response to signals of potential public health events can prevent local events from becoming global emergencies. WHO works to quickly detect health threats, assess their risks, and send timely alerts. Under the International Health Regulations, WHO is mandated to detect and assess public health risks and events, help countries respond to them, and share critical ...
World Health Organization Emergencies Programme
World Health Organization Emergencies ProgrammeOn 15 August 2024, Sweden became the first country outside the African continent to confirm mpox clade Ib in an individual with travel history to central Africa. The confirmation of the case came just one day after WHO’s Director-General declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) for the second time in 2 years ...
Training for emergencies - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Emergency Communications Network (ECN) is a reserve health workforce for emergencies. WHO’s flagship ECN training is designed to build a cohort of trained, tested and trusted communication officers.
WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2025
WHO's health emergency appeal identifies the critical priorities and resources required to address 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 Grade 3 crises – the most severe. These emergencies demand a coordinated, well-resourced global response to save lives, protect health, and restore hope to communities on the brink.
Health emergencies - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment area of work provides authoritative information for public health decision-making in emergencies, with responsibility for identifying new public health events, assessing risks to public health, conducting epidemiological surveillance and field investigations, monitoring public health ...
Emergencies: WHO Health emergency kits
What sort of supplies are in a standard emergency health kit? WHO has standardized medicines and medical supplies needed in emergencies to allow swift, efficient and effective response to the need for medicines and medical supplies.
Emergency response framework (ERF), Edition 2.1
The ERF provides WHO staff with essential guidance on how the Organization manages the assessment, grading and response to public health events and emergencies with health consequences, in support of Member States and affected communities.
World Health Organization Emergencies Programme
World Health Organization Emergencies ProgrammeHurricane Erin, born as a tropical wave off West Africa on 9 August, became the first Atlantic hurricane of the year a week later as it tracked west, undergoing...
Mass Casualty Management
The WHO MCM Course is a learning program on mass casualty preparedness and response for emergency unit based clinical providers, managers, and logistics and administrative staff. The course is based on the principles of mass casualty management and emphasizes the critical role of the emergency unit in enhancing patient outcomes.
