How is WHO responding to COVID-19?

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Here are some of the ways WHO is responding in

different regions and countries
The faces of Africa's COVID-19 response
WHO is leading the COVID-19 response in the African Region. Behind the efforts are
health and multidisciplinary experts, working together to achieve a healthier, safer
Africa.

Stop the spread. Save lives.

See this animation from the Pan American Health Organization.

Voice from the field: “Get the right items, to the right people, at the right
time, for the right cause!”

Listen to the story told by Jan Erik Larsen - operations and logistics support at the WHO
Regional office for the Western Pacific.

Polish medics bring Italian COVID-19 experience to Kyrgyzstan with

WHO support

A team of medics from Poland went to Kyrgyzstan to share their experience from virus-
hit Italy and transfer knowledge and skills to their peers. This support was part of the
Emergency Medical Team initiative coordinated by WHO and was organized as a fast
track to improving the care of COVID-19 patients in Kyrgyzstan.

Ten things WHO did to help countries in the Eastern-Mediterranean

WHO is on the frontline in the region - from testing suspected cases, training rapid
response teams, providing protective gear for health workers, to getting the message
out via social media, WHO is in a race against time to help countries respond and
prevent further spread of the virus. 

WHO supports countries to mitigate COVID-19 spread in the South-East

Asia Region

As the COVID-19  pandemic spreads, WHO is supporting countries in their containment

and mitigation efforts such as by providing technical guidance, laboratory capacity
strengthening for testing, equipment for hospitals and healthcare workers.

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9 June 2020

WHO Europe encourages health workers to ask “why?”

9 June 2020

WHO coordinates large-scale response operation in Tajikistan

5 June 2020

WHO joins forces with 17 central European countries to improve

collective COVID-19 response

4 June 2020

Lebanon responds to pandemic with international support

4 June 2020

Community health mobilizers on the front lines of Angola’s

COVID-19 response

3 June 2020

‘It didn’t kill me, but I came out stronger’

3 June 2020

WHO survey reveals NCD services are disrupted in Europe

during pandemic

2 June 2020

WHO helps establish Incident Management System to boost

Senegal’s COVID-19 response

Country missions
21 April 2020

WHO expert mission to Belarus recommends physical distancing

measures as COVID-19 virus transmits in the community

2 April 2020

European Commission supports WHO’s COVID19 response

across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

25 March 2020

WHO delegation concludes COVID-19 technical mission to Egypt

12 March 2020

Azerbaijan steps up COVID-19 preparedness and readiness

measures, welcoming WHO mission

28 February 2020

WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-

19)

24 February 2020

Joint WHO and ECDC mission in Italy to support COVID-19

control and prevention efforts