Reducing the impact of crises on people’s health

During the last few years, the international response to food shortages in crises has greatly improved through a combination of better specifications of what is required, focused leadership, effective coordination, responsive delivery mechanisms and careful monitoring. We need to achieve the same results for the health aspects of crises. The challenge is substantial. The international community is scaling up its work for people at risk of crises. This brochure describes the contribution of the World Health Organization (WHO) to this endeavour.