Thread by @WHO

The number of 👥 in need in Burkina Faso, Northern Cameroon,Chad,Mali,Niger, and North-Eastern Nigeria 📈 from 24M in 2018 to over 30M in 2022 due to the combined effect of:
🚨 increasingly violent conflicts
🚨 deep poverty
🚨 climate change
🚨 unprecedented food insecurity

@OMSNiger @WHONigeria @OMS_Burkina @whocmr @omsmali @OMS_Afrique @unis_sahel @UN_UNOWAS Only less than half of the 2021 humanitarian appeal for the Sahel was funded.

Despite this, WHO and partners continued to work in the Sahel region to prevent the humanitarian situation from getting worse.

#SahelNow

In 2021 despite security and funding challenges WHO helped over 300,000 people in #BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 with

✅ emergency supplies to treat cholera
✅ #COVID19 trauma, and severe acute malnutrition treatment
✅ medicines to manage chronic conditions

#WHOImpact

@OMS_Burkina @OMS_Afrique In #BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 WHO and partners worked to ensure that people in remote areas can access health services by setting up mobile clinics, rehabilitating health facilities and supporting #healthworkers.

#WHOImpact

In #Cameroon🇨🇲 WHO supported the Ministry of Health to respond not only to #COVID19 with three vaccination campaigns but also to outbreaks of other infectious diseases such as yellow fever and cholera.

#WHOImpact

WHO supported the installation of 17 laboratories in #Chad🇹🇩 to increase #COVID19 testing capacities and trained some 4,000 👩🏾‍⚕️🧑🏾‍⚕️ on COVID-19 surveillance, case management, and infection prevention and control.

#WHOImpact

In 2021 #Mali🇲🇱 faced outbreaks of cholera, measles and polio, in addition to #COVID19. WHO supported access to quality primary healthcare services, including in hard-to-reach areas, reaching more than 2.6M children, women, and men.

#WHOImpact

In 2021 #Niger🇳🇪 experienced the worst cholera outbreak in over a decade. WHO supported the country in surveillance, 🚰 risk communication, and community engagement.

1.9M people were vaccinated which helped to bring the outbreak under control by the end of 2021.

#WHOImpact

In North-Eastern #Nigeria🇳🇬 WHO provided essential health services to more than 500,000 people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in 2021.

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@WHONigeria @OMS_Afrique In 2022, USD175M is still needed to meet the most pressing health needs in the Sahel region.

We urge donors to step up support to allow WHO and partners to continue to provide health services in the region.

#WHOImpact