Thread by @WHO

In fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings, delivery of quality health services faces significant challenges. A 🆕 guide outlines 🔑 practical approaches aimed at saving lives & improving quality of care in these settings.
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During humanitarian crises, protracted emergencies & armed conflicts, quality health services face challenges, incl.:
🔸service disruption
🔸increased demand on health services
🔸complex & unpredictable resourcing issues
🔸public health vulnerability

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👶🧕👩‍🦰 in vulnerable settings have significant health needs. Estimates in settings where political conflict, displacement or natural disasters prevail indicate:
🔸 60% of preventable maternal deaths
🔸 53% of deaths in 🧒 aged <5
🔸 45% of neonatal deaths

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There are several options for organizing action on quality health services in fragile, conflict-affected & vulnerable
settings, ranging from discrete quality initiatives of individual providers through to coordinated
multi-stakeholder action.

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