"DISEASE CONTROL"

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

One year after the appearance of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief said it “has proved to be significantly more transmissible than its predecessor, Delta, and continues to cause significant mortality due to the intensity of transmission.” WHO

A top United Nations humanitarian official in Haiti said the conditions could be given for “an exponential - if not explosive - increase of cholera cases” in the country. UNIFEED

Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, no matter the nationality, skin colour or religion of the affected population, a high-level official of the World Health Organization (WHO) told the media at a press briefing at the United Nations in Geneva. UNTV CH

Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) World report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at the same time suggests there may have been undetected transmission for some time.” WHO

The Head of the World Health Programme (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the WHO has issued an updated appeal for almost 150 million US dollars for Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries, but noted the Organization still faces a funding gap of 100 million US dollars. WHO

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths. WHO

Based on evidence indicative of a detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology, the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) has advised the World Health Organization (WHO) that this variant should be designated as a VOC, and the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as a Variant of Concern (VOC) named Omicron. WHO

The Head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said, “the global number of reported cases and deaths from COVID-19 is now increasing for the first time in two months, driven by an ongoing rise in Europe that outweighs declines in other regions.” WHO