Emergencies

General information

• Q&A: How can disaster risk reduction help save lives?
• Q&As: What is the role of WHO in crises?
• What is an emergency health kit?
• World Health Day 2009
  Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies

Multimedia

• World Humanitarian Day: WHO honours people working in emergency situations
  August 2012

WHO programmes and activities

• Humanitarian Health Action

Emergencies in WHO regions

• African Region
• Region of the Americas
• South-East Asia Region
• European Region
• Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Western Pacific Region

Technical information

• Crises
• Technical guidance
• Capacity building on health action in crises

• More about emergencies

Publications

• Health cluster guide: a practical guide for country-level implementation
• Analysing disrupted health sectors: a modular manual

• More publications about emergencies

Related topics

• Child health
• Communicable diseases
• Essential medicines
• Environmental health
• Gender
• HIV/AIDS
• Mental health
• Migrant health
• Nutrition
• Reproductive health
• Surgery
• Violence and injury prevention
• Water and sanitation
• Women's health