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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
- Mass Casualty Management in Emergency Units - World Health Organization . . .
The Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course is a joint WHO ICRC learning program for first contact health workers who care for patients with acute illness or injury BEC teaches a systematic approach to the initial assessment and management of time-sensitive conditions where early intervention saves lives The course addresses injury and three key syndromes - difficulty breathing, shock and altered
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Alert and Response - World Health Organization (WHO)
Early detection and rapid response to signals of potential public health events can prevent local events from becoming global emergencies WHO works to quickly detect health threats, assess their risks, and send timely alerts Under the International Health Regulations, WHO is mandated to detect and assess public health risks and events, help countries respond to them, and share critical
- Prehospital Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
Prehospital emergency care is a key component of the health care system Strengthening prehospital care can help address a wide range of conditions across the life course, including injury, complications of pregnancy, exacerbations of non-communicable diseases, acute infections and sepsis
- 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
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