2024 appeals

2024 appeals

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Through the Health Emergency Appeal 2024, WHO will provide support to 41 ongoing health crises around the world, including 15 of the highest-level ‘Grade 3’ emergencies – those which require an urgent and major WHO response.

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Country appeals

Afghanistan continues to face a long-term humanitarian crisis exacerbated by challenges including lack of access to healthcare, food security, disease...

WHO is providing emergency health services and working to strengthen health systems across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is facing a protracted...

The combined effects of conflict and drought have left Ethiopia facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades, with conflict, internal displacement,...

The Greater Horn of Africa, including parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, is one of the world’s most vulnerable...

Haiti faces a prolonged humanitarian crisis which has worsened significantly in 2023 due to escalating insecurity. The rising violence has further weakened...

The escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory has led the death, injury and displacement of thousands of civilians. WHO is urgently...

Somalia continues to face high levels of food security and malnutrition, and childhood malnutrition and disease prevalence among children remain high....

South Sudan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with its population affected by the climate crisis, conflict, food insecurity and disease outbreaks....

Sudan’s health system, which was already struggling to meet the needs of its people, is buckling under the pressure of massive internal displacements...

More than 15 million people in Syria are in need of lifesaving and life-sustaining health services. Decreasing humanitarian support, disease outbreaks...

This comprehensive version of WHO’s Ukraine response appeal provides a detailed overview of WHO’s work on delivering critical, life-saving...

WHO is responding to an acute humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where an estimated 18.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2024. The country...

Disease appeals

At least 29 countries reported cholera outbreaks in 2023, collectively placing more than one billion people directly at risk of cholera. Not only are there...

Nearly four years since SARS-CoV-2 was first reported, the world continues to experience the devastating effects of COVID-19. Globally, millions of people...

Dengue has become a growing public health concern with approximately four billion people in 130 countries identified at risk of infection. Since the beginning...

Regional appeals

The African Region (AFRO) carries the highest burden of public health emergencies globally, and from July 2022 to June 2023 the AFRO region responded to...

About 140 million people in the East Mediterranean Region (EMRO) are in need of humanitarian assistance and the region continues to face health emergencies...

2023 saw the European Region (EURO) facing a series of new emergencies and escalations in addition to ongoing emergencies including the conflict in Ukraine,...

The Region of the Americas (AMRO) Region faces complex, multifaceted health and humanitarian challenges and is extremely vulnerable to natural hazards,...

The WHO South-East Asia Region (SEARO) is home to over a quarter of the global population and is vulnerable to health emergencies caused by natural hazards,...

The Western Pacific Region (WPRO) is home to approximately 1.9 billion people across 37 diverse countries and areas. The region faces frequent public health...

Top 10 donors to WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2023

United States of America

UN Central Emergency Response Fund

Germany

Canada

World Bank

France

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Japan

European Commission

Norway