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Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Une équipe d’intervention rapide est déployée à #Mambasa & Mandima, où les cas confirmés de la maladie à virus #Bundibugyo augmentent.
Les communautés sont sensibilisées, les leaders mobilisés et des formations organisées pour briser la chaîne de transmission & sauver des vies.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
En #Ituri 🇨🇩, avec l’appui de @FCDOGovUK🇬🇧, @eu_echo 🇪🇺 et @OCHAFunds 🇺🇳, @WHO a livré 2,5 tonnes d’intrants & équipements médicaux aux prestataires privés et praticiens traditionnels.
Formés à se protéger et à référer les cas suspects de #Bundibugyo, ils renforcent la réponse.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Back in Bunia & straight to @MinSanteRDC–@WHO training hub for healthcare workers providing care for #Ebola patients
Next door, BRAVO Ervebo vaccine study run by @MSF for frontline workers
Training. Research. Innovation. All essential to end this outbreak & prepare for future
An honour to meet Professeur Muyembe today, an icon of global health and an inspiration to our team in Bunia.
Le Pr @MTamfum, co-découvreur d'#Ebola en 1976 & Directeur général de @inrb_kinshasa est à Bunia cette semaine. Il a rencontré les intervenants de plusieurs piliers de réponse de @WHO, conduits par la nouvelle Incident Manager, Dr Catherine Smallwood, @_katusche pour des échanges
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
#Uganda 🇺🇬 has today entered the 42-day countdown to the end of its #Ebola outbreak after the last confirmed case tested negative for the virus for a second time and was discharged from care, marking an important milestone in the country's response 👇🏿
bit.ly/4aU5hn7
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
This weekend the first cross-border surveillance meeting was held between #Ebola rapid response teams in Aru in #DRC 🇨🇩 and Arua in #Uganda 🇺🇬.
The discussion was convened and moderated by @WHO, with participation from @AFENETAfrica. The teams designed a strategy to share Ebola case investigation findings, alerts and information on contacts of cases that will strengthen cross-border surveillance and inform joint response actions across the neighbouring countries.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Today @MinofHealthUG and @MinSanteRDC met in Aru health zone, #DRC 🇨🇩 to launch a cross-border collaboration to strengthen surveillance for border areas, and establish joint laboratories and clinical services in several locations across DRC, starting with Aru.
The plan includes shared surveillance and information at points of entry, and joint deployment of rapid response mobile laboratories, Ebola treatment centres and expert teams to work together to stop the outbreak.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
"This truck has been rejected four times... It's carrying ICU beds coming from the W.H.O."
Amal Emam, Executive Director of the Egyptian Red Crescent, shows @BeckyCNN a warehouse full of medical supplies at the Rafah border crossing that Israel has turned back.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
1/2 I think the UK message to the Syrian authority should not be limited to humanitarian issues, but also put politics at its heart. The violence is a symptom of a much deeper political crisis. At its core is al-Sharaa’s refusal to build an inclusive system of governance.
Horrified by the violence in Southern Syria. A sustainable ceasefire is vital.
I spoke to Syrian Foreign Minister @AsaadHshaibani yesterday as part of UK efforts to urge a peaceful resolution.
We want to see the fighting ended, civilians protected and humanitarian access enabled.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Al-Ahli hospital in #Gaza is out of service following this morning’s evacuation order and attack - @WHO has received an update from the hospital’s director. A child died due to disruption of care.
The emergency room, laboratory, emergency room X-ray machines and the pharmacy were destroyed.
The hospital was forced to move 50 patients to other hospitals. 40 critical patients couldn't be moved. The hospital is unable to receive new patients pending repairs.
Hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law. Attacks on health care must stop.
Once again we repeat: patients, health workers and hospitals must be protected. The aid blockade must be lifted. Ceasefire.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
.@WHO reached northern #Gaza despite extremely challenging conditions and rapidly shrinking humanitarian access.
An international orthopedic emergency medical team was deployed to Al-Ahli Hospital, with support from WHO, to address the surge in trauma cases.
The hospital is once again overwhelmed. Following an airstrike on a school in Gaza City, Al-Ahli reportedly received over 180 injured and 52 deceased in just one night, pushing its emergency unit to eight times its capacity.
With only three operating theatres, the hospital cannot meet the current surgical demand. Of the 160 available blood units, 50 were used in a single day, leaving stocks critically low.
The hospital’s CT scanner — the only one in northern Gaza — has broken down due to sustained overuse under the heavy patient load.
To ease pressure on Al-Ahli, WHO is supporting the improvement of trauma care pathways to enable patient transfers to Al-Shifa Hospital. WHO will also deliver essential supplies from its dwindling stocks to help replenish the hospital.
Without the immediate lifting of the aid blockade and a ceasefire, these efforts risk falling short, as the violence intensifies and health facilities struggle to remain operational.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Yesterday’s strike on Nasser Medical Complex severely damaged the surgical ward, killed two people, and injured eight.
Nasser is south #Gaza’s largest referral hospital.
35 in-patient beds were destroyed, further straining the health system which is already overwhelmed by injuries due to renewed violence.
@WHO repeats: health care is #NotATarget, should be protected, and must not be militarised.
We call for the release of all hostages and for the resumption of the ceasefire.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
The Lemkin Institute is issuing an urgent Red Flag Alert for Syria due to critical risk of genocide against Syrians from the Alawite sect, particularly in Syria’s Coastal region.
The Lemkin Institute firmly condemns the massacres launched by the new governmental forces and other militant fractions. Neither the argument for “security” nor the targeting of “regime remnants” can be used as justification for mass slaughter of an entire community.
The Lemkin Institute calls upon all international powers and the government of Syria to ensure the safety and protection of the Alawite community and other ethnic and religious minorities in Syria as well as swiftly carry out an impartial fact-finding investigation to ensure that perpetrators of high crimes are held accountable for the mass killings. We further appeal to the people of Syria to stand united in solidarity and demand justice for their compatriots. Finally, the Lemkin Institute urges global religious institutions to condemn the sectarian massacres and reject violent extremism.
In this holy time of the year for all the Abrahamic religions, statements of solidarity are especially important for peace and reconciliation.
To read the full statement, please visit our website. Link: bit.ly/41YI7I6
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
This is one of the darkest days of my life as I witness ongoing #massacres in #Syria for the third consecutive day. The violence began when ex-regime loyalists ambushed security forces, resulting in heavy casualties. The situation quickly escalated, leading to widespread killings on both sides.
Various armed groups and individuals, not all affiliated with the new state, have moved toward the coastal region—home to many Alawites—where horrifying massacres are taking place, particularly in and around Baniyas and Jableh. Entire families are being slaughtered in their homes, including some who opposed the Assad regime.
Civilians need urgent protection. Those responsible for these atrocities—both ex-regime criminals and those perpetrating massacres now—must be held accountable and brought to justice
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
Humanitarian aid is not negotiable.
In Gaza, it must flow without impediment.
The response needs to be adequately funded & civilians — including humanitarians — must be protected.
We have proven that, with access, the @UN-coordinated response can deliver the aid that people need.
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
A mass #polio vaccination campaign is planned to start in #Gaza this Saturday, 22 February, aiming to cover more than 591,000 children under 10 years old.
This campaign follows the recent detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples, signaling circulation in the environment, which is putting children at risk.
@WHO, @UNICEF, and partners welcome the recent ceasefire, which is enabling us to conduct the campaign. We continue to urge for a lasting ceasefire that leads to long-term peace.
100? There are over 12000 in need of medical evacuation. European countries could and should do much more.
🗺️ Mapped: medical evacuations.
On April 2024, the @WHO requested assistance from the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism to support medical evacuations from Gaza and Cairo to Europe.
Since then, 100 patients and 247 companions have been evacuated to 🇦🇱🇧🇪🇩🇪🇬🇷🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇴🇷🇴🇸🇰.
Serious escalation being seen in the West Bank since the beginning of the year
Nearly 40,000 Palestine Refugees have been forcibly displaced from the northern #WestBank as Israeli military operations escalate at an alarming rate.
Since 21 January, Israeli Forces’ Operation "Iron Wall" has nearly emptied several refugee camps, making it the longest military operation in the West Bank since the second intifada.
Full statement: unrwa.org/newsroom/official-…
Catherine Smallwood retweeted
South Sudan has declared an outbreak of #mpox after the virus was confirmed on 6 February 2025.
The Ministry of Health, @WHO and partners are enhancing control measures, including treatment, contact tracing, testing and infection prevention to curb the spread of the disease.
afro.who.int/countries/south…
