Monthly operational update on health emergencies - March 2023

Overview

In this edition of the Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: 

• WHO supporting Mozambique to manage high numbers of cholera cases.
• Deploying EWARS in a box to support Mauritania’s surveillance digitalization plan under the project “Transforming African Surveillance Systems (TASS)”.
• WHO publishes its operational guide on early warning alert and response in emergencies.
• WHO in Syria: responding in the aftermath of the earthquake.
• Dealing with the psychological aftershocks of the Türkiye earthquakes: why mental health and psychosocial support are so desperately needed.
• Public health intelligence: a cornerstone of WHO’s work enabling rapid detection of and response to public health threats
• WHO partnering with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to ensure pregnant mothers and newborns receive vital and often life-saving care in Yemen.
• Sri Lanka convenes National Bridging Workshop for multisectoral stakeholders to strengthen One Health collaboration.
• WHO/Europe holds a webinar on “Holding mass and large gathering events during the multi- country mpox outbreak in the WHO European Region”.
• Mpox remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
• Fighting malnutrition in the Greater Horn of Africa.
• WHO coordinates a study tour to Sweden to improve infection prevention and control in Azerbaijan.
• A global analysis of COVID-19 intra-action reviews: Reflecting on, adjusting and improving emergency preparedness and response during a pandemic. Examples from the South-East Asia Region.
• WHO’s Leadership in Emergencies programme trained nearly 300 leaders to strengthen global response to health emergencies.