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Emergency care - World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency care is powerfully aligned with the primary health care agenda as it provides first contact clinical care for those who are acutely ill or injured Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care is a high impact and cost-effective form of secondary prevention
World Health Organization Emergencies Programme National health emergency alert and response framework This multi-hazard Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework provides guidance for coordinating emergency response in countries, under the global Health
Emergency response framework (ERF), Edition 2. 1 The ERF provides WHO staff with essential guidance on how the Organization manages the assessment, grading and response to public health events and emergencies with health consequences, in support of Member States and affected communities
Emergency Care Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Care Toolkit Overview The WHO Emergency Care Toolkit (ECT) is an open access bundle of interventions, developed to be implemented in emergency units within hospitals, particularly in resource limited settings The main aim of the ECT is to support systematic care of the acutely ill and injured within hospitals
Health emergencies - World Health Organization (WHO) The Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment area of work provides authoritative information for public health decision-making in emergencies, with responsibility for identifying new public health events, assessing risks to public health, conducting epidemiological surveillance and field investigations, monitoring public health
WHOs Health Emergency Appeal 2025 Increasingly intense and prolonged humanitarian crises require urgent action to protect the world’s most vulnerable In 2025, an estimated 305 million people will require humanitarian assistance The growing scale of global challenges – such as the climate crisis, conflict, and infectious disease outbreaks – is outpacing available resources
WHOs Health Emergency Appeal 2025 WHO's health emergency appeal identifies the critical priorities and resources required to address 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 Grade 3 crises – the most severe These emergencies demand a coordinated, well-resourced global response to save lives, protect health, and restore hope to communities on the brink
Progress on emergency, critical and operative care WHA 76 2 “Integrated emergency, critical and operative care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies,” passed with unanimous support during the 76th World Health Assembly in 2023, represented a powerful call for near-term action to strengthen health systems for delivery of high-quality emergency, critical and operative (ECO) care In 2024, WHA 77(8) built on
Mass Casualty Management in Emergency Units The WHO MCM Course is a learning program on mass casualty preparedness and response for emergency unit based clinical providers, managers, and logistics and administrative staff The course is based on the principles of mass casualty management and emphasizes the critical role of the emergency unit in enhancing patient outcomes The MCM course highlights preparedness activities, operational
WHO - List of emergencies The health emergencies list below details the disease outbreaks, environmental disasters and other humanitarian crises in which WHO has played or is still playing an essential role in protecting health