title: WHO's new emergencies programme bridges two worlds.
abstract: Peter Salama tells Fiona Fleck how the World Health Organization's (WHO) new emergencies programme is changing the way the agency helps countries prepare for and respond to health crises.
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004630:Emergencies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*