WHO’s Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies – Issue 08 | December 2022

Overview

The Monthly Operational is broadening its scope and now features articles on WHO’s work in all health emergencies, inclusive of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

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

• WHO and partners deploy medical personnel and supplies in solidarity with Tuvalu’s COVID-19 response effort in the Western Pacific region.

• WHO and AIRA host workshops on the ‘co-design’ approach on content development for Infodemic management in Nigeria.

• WHO/Europe carries out its Regional Joint Assessment and Detection of Events (JADE) simulation exercise for the first time since the pandemic.

• WHO conducts an assessment visit in Bhutan, ahead of the installation of the country’s first onsite medical oxygen generation system.

• A nurse’s role in counteracting myths about COVID-19 vaccination in Honduras: “We talked for an hour, and I managed to vaccinate them against COVID-19”.

• Local health workers in the Philippines champion COVID-19 safety on remote islands.

• Fostering and mentoring laboratory leaders in Central Africa.

• WHO launches emergency-use protocol for tecovirimat to support mpox response efforts globally.

• Peru responds to mpox by engaging affected communities.

• The WHE Balkan Hub builds local and long-term public health capacity for mpox prevention and control.

• WHO publishes public health advice on preventing and addressing stigma and discrimination related to mpox.

• WHO contributes to cholera outbreaks response across the world.

• WHO at the forefront of the cholera response in Lebanon.

• WHO/Europe hosts a strategic and operational planning and Monitoring and Evaluation workshop for refugee-hosting countries responding to the crisis in Ukraine.

• Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s response to Ebola Disease Outbreak.

• WHO undertakes a measles-rubella campaign to prevent disease outbreaks in flood-affected Pakistan.

• Ethiopian Emergency Medical Teams provides support to drought-affected areas as part of its deployment.

• Global Health Cluster conducts a successful first all-women Health Cluster leadership training.

Source: World Health Organization