Floods - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 30, 2024 · Deaths also result from physical trauma, heart attacks, electrocution, carbon monoxide poisoning or fire associated with flooding. Often, only immediate traumatic deaths …
Floods: How to protect your health - World Health Organization …
Jan 29, 2020 · Knowing your community’s evacuation route and warning signals, and identifying areas prone to flooding or landslides. Chlorinating or boiling all water for drinking and food …
Flooded but not defeated: the residents of Budapest navigate ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Linda Juhász-Horváth, Technical Officer for Environment and Health at the WHO Country Office in Hungary and a mother of 2, has always understood the delicate balance of …
Heavy rainfall is causing rivers to burst their banks, leaving huge ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Vast areas of central Europe are experiencing what is being called the worst flooding in more than 20 years, triggered by slow-moving Storm Boris. WHO/Europe has been …
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - World Health Organization …
Nov 9, 2023 · El Niño and its counterpart La Niña are associated with characteristic patterns of rainfall and temperature, which can include extreme events such as flooding and drought. …
Tropical Cyclones - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 1, 2019 · However, the greatest damage to life and property is not from the wind, but from secondary events such as storm surges, flooding, landslides and tornadoes. Tropical cyclones …
Leptospirosis is associated with flooding and the in-creased proximity of rodents to humans. Vector-borne diseases11 Malaria is endemic in over 80% of areas which are af-fected by …
Drought and food insecurity in the greater Horn of Africa
Jul 30, 2024 · Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades, compounded by years of conflict and instability, …
Fact sheets - World Health Organization (WHO)
PAHO/WHO / Ary Rogerio Si A technologist works in the transfer of mRNA vaccines technology with the PAHO Regional Platform to promote the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
World malaria report 2023 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 30, 2023 · Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and flooding, can also directly impact transmission and disease burden. Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan in 2022, for example, led …