As we all may know, WHO is a very
well known organization that works with helping during any disease outbreaks or
natural disasters. It recently added a new programme that focuses on Health
Emergencies and this program will focus in on full risk management, prevention
and preparedness. Given that there are around 130 million people that need
humanitarian assistance, WHO has decided to respond to the high need by
creating a separate program that solely seeks to work with countries and
different health partners to prepare for and possibly prevent health
emergencies.
Since its very
recent inception, WHO Health Emergencies has already seen significant progress
in risk management and coordination for its responses to health outbreaks. For instance, with the Zika virus outbreak,
WHO was able to respond within 10 days and work with 23 agencies to create a
strategy to respond to this outbreak in the best way possible. From caring for those infected to aiming at eliminating
the mosquitos, WHO has been working to lower the Zika-infected individuals.
This Health
Emergencies Programme partners with different organizations in order to produce
quickest and most effective response. Some of its partners include, but are not
limited to: global health centers, emergency medical teams and global outbreak
alert and response network. Therefore, it has partners at various levels and
that in turn allows for a more effective response because working with
different levels allows for the most outreach and help.
Therefore,
this programme is looked at being the start of a great branch within WHO at
helping increase the knowledge and response to infectious diseases.
Learn more about WHO Health Emergencies Programme here: http://www.who.int/features/qa/health-emergencies-programme/en/
-Jeanette Rios
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