WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies (WOU)

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

Ensuring access to lifesaving essential health care services in the occupied Palestinian territory
Israel’s health system responds to the October 2023 attacks
WHO provides emergency support to the Armenia refugee response
Supporting the response to the earthquakes in Herat, Afghanistan
WHO/EURO holds a face-to-face training on Early Warning, Alert and Response (EWAR) in Emergencies in the Czech Republic
Health Resource Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS): Operational status of the health system in Ukraine
GOARN holds its first leadership training
Enhancing early outbreak analytics to support better decision-making: the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence holds a ground-breaking hackathon
Enhancing preparedness through Barbados Defence Forces’ Mobile Field Hospital
Malawi launches its first training for frontline responders for health emergencies and disasters
WHO offers a Basic Emergency Care course in the Republic of Moldova to boost clinical care capacities for emergency preparedness and response
WHO Global Logistics Centers’ Monthly Update
OpenWHO: providing quality and up-to-date learning on clinical management during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID-19 Epidemiological Update

Globally, more than half a million new COVID-19 cases and over 2400 new deaths have been reported in the past 28-day period from 23 October to 19 November 2023. Compared to the previous 28-day period, those figures represent a 13% and 72% decrease in cases and deaths respectively. As of 19 November 2023, over 772 million confirmed cases and over six million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we include:

The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and the regional levels
An update on hospitalizations and ICU admissions
An update on the SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest (VOI) and variants under monitoring (VUM)

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Patients’ stories paint a vivid picture of antimicrobial resistance

During the World #AMR Awareness Week on 18 - 24 November 2023, WHO thanked all partners and donors who have stepped up in support of the Organization's efforts to counter this growing public health threat. Read WHO’s new publication launched in October and more stories on WHO's impact below.

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Latest Donors and Partners News

A leading flexible contributor, the Netherlands renews its multiannual allocation to WHO

Germany reaffirms its commitment to WHO and key health priorities

Canada and WHO pursue closer engagement on gender, equity, universal health coverage and more

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WHO's response to health emergencies annual report

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WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2023

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