2024 appeals
Children look through a hole in a wall at a destroyed residential area, Gaza Strip, occupied Palestinian territory.
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.

A mother and child at a makeshift clinic she and her team set up to bring COVID-19 vaccines and other essential health services to residents of Kuvamiti village in East Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Country appeals

Afghanistan: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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...

Ethiopia: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
The combined effects of conflict and drought have left Ethiopia facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades, with conflict, internal displacement,...
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Greater Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda): WHO Health Emergency...
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: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
Haiti faces a prolonged humanitarian crisis which has worsened significantly in 2023 due to escalating insecurity. The rising violence has further weakened...

occupied Palestinian territory: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
The escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory has led the death, injury and displacement of thousands of civilians. WHO is urgently...

Somalia: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
Somalia continues to face high levels of food security and malnutrition, and childhood malnutrition and disease prevalence among children remain high....

South Sudan: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
South Sudan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with its population affected by the climate crisis, conflict, food insecurity and disease outbreaks....

Sudan: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
Sudan’s health system, which was already struggling to meet the needs of its people, is buckling under the pressure of massive internal displacements...

Syrian Arab Republic: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
More than 15 million people in Syria are in need of lifesaving and life-sustaining health services. Decreasing humanitarian support, disease outbreaks...

Ukraine: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
This comprehensive version of WHO’s Ukraine response appeal provides a detailed overview of WHO’s work on delivering critical, life-saving...

Yemen: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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

Cholera: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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...

COVID-19: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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

African Region: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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...

Eastern Mediterranean Region: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
About 140 million people in the East Mediterranean Region (EMRO) are in need of humanitarian assistance and the region continues to face health emergencies...

European Region: WHO Emergency Health Appeal 2024
2023 saw the European Region (EURO) facing a series of new emergencies and escalations in addition to ongoing emergencies including the conflict in Ukraine,...

Region of the Americas: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
The Region of the Americas (AMRO) Region faces complex, multifaceted health and humanitarian challenges and is extremely vulnerable to natural hazards,...

South-East Asia Region: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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,...

Western Pacific Region: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2024
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...