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Thanks to its contributors, WHO has been able to help countries fight COVID-19 while still maintaining other important health services.War-torn Yemen has an active malaria prevention programme, children in Comoros are being vaccinated for measles and rubella, and emergency teams are on the ground in Tonga in the wake of a volcanic eruption and tsunami.Bangladesh has welcomed a new contribution to build up its health system, and a project is under way to improve substance abuse treatment and prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean.With WHO’s support, countries are taking aim at cervical cancer, with new treatment services in Nigeria and a campaign in Ethiopia to vaccinate girls against human papillomavirus, the virus that causes almost all cases of cervical cancer.Read on for details of these stories:WHO supports whole-of-UN response to volcanic eruption and tsunami in TongaA teenager stands in front of his home in Sopu on Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island, showing the damage caused by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano eruption and tsunami. ©UNICEF/WolfgrammWHO is coordinating with other United Nations agencies and partners to respond to the volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga, including acting as a central channel of information during telecommunications outages.“All of us here at WHO and in the broader UN family are thinking of Tonga right now and doing what we can to support the government’s response efforts,” said Sean Casey, WHO’s Health Cluster Coordinator for the Pacific.Volunteers keep up the fight against malaria in YemenAmid war and pandemic, community volunteers are dedicating time to Yemen’s Malaria Control and Prevention Project, a joint effort of WHO and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid

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