Each monthly issue of the Health Emergency Highlights contains information on the current humanitarian context, the health priorities and response operations in the three to four focus countries for that month. Each issue also highlights policy work in the area of health humantiarian action done by WHO and partners, events and thematic issues related to health in emergencies.
All the issues of the Health Emergency Highlights are listed below.
2013
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April 2013
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This issue features the health situation and health cluster response in the Republic of South Sudan, Mali, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also provides an update on thematic and programmatic issues such as WHO’s new stand-by partnership agreements with iMMAP, NRC, CANADEM and RedR Australia; the 4th session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction; the online-consultation on Health and the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; the Post-2015 development goals: “Health in a Disasters Goal”: and the United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience.
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March 2013
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This issue features the health situation and health cluster response in the Central African Republic, Mali, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Sudan. It also provides an update on thematic and programmatic issues such as WHO’s internal grading process for emergencies; the Cluster Performance Monitoring process; and the Health Resources Availability Mapping System Mali assessment. -
February 2013
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This month features the health situation and health cluster response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Haiti. It also provides an update on thematic and programmatic issues such as the establishment of the WHO Emergency Support Team for the Syria crisis in Amman; the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction that will take place in Geneva on 19-23 May, in which there will be a ‘Feature Event on the Health Imperative for Community Safety and Resilience’; and the progress made on the study ‘Analysis of financing mechanisms and funding streams to enhance emergency preparedness’, led by FAO and co-funded by WHO and other partners, on behalf of the IASC Humanitarian Financing Sub-Working Group.
2012
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December 2012 - January 2013
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This first issue of 2013 features the current health situation and the response to the health needs of people in the crisis areas of Mali, Central African Republic, the Philippines, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen. The document also provides updates on the Global Health Cluster Meeting held in Geneva last December, the progress report on the implementation of the World Health Assembly resolution on ‘Strengthening national health emergency and disaster management capacities and resilience of health systems’, and the announcement of the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction that will take place in Geneva on 19-23 May, where health issues will be presented. -
November 2012
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This month the update focuses on the current humanitarian context, the health priorities and response operations in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the occupied Palestinian territory and Nigeria. It also highlights the policy work done by WHO and partners: The global consultation for the development of a Health Emergency Risk Management Framework; a Policy Brief on Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health into Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management; and WHO and the IASC Transformative Agenda.
Health Action in Crises Monthly Highlights
The distribution of the Monthly Highlights was interrupted in September 2011. As of November 2012 they have been replaced by Health in emergencies highlights.
Health Action in Crises weekly highlights
The distribution of the weekly Highlights was interrupted in February 2010. As of September 2010 they have been replaced by a more comprehensive monthly version.