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This multi-hazard Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework provides guidance for coordinating emergency response in countries, under the global Health...
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline, August 2025
The WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline contains recommendations for the use of therapeutics in the treatment of COVID-19. It is...
The COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the most up-to-date WHO recommendations for the clinical management of people with COVID-19....
NAPHS for all: a country implementation guide for national action plan for health security (NAPHS)
A national action plan for health security (NAPHS) is a country-owned, multi-year, joint planning process that can improve the implementation of IHR core...
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After more than two and a half years of the conflict, Sudan remains locked in a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering dimensions. In 2026, 33.7 million...
Public Health Situation Analysis - Flooding across Southeast Africa
Since mid-December 2025, heavy rainfall and cyclones across Southern Africa have affected an estimated 1.5 million people, with over 300 deaths and more...
This is the 63rd situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the global epidemiological situation for mpox, including...
In January 2026 (epidemiological weeks 1 to 4), a total of 16 912 new cholera and acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) cases were reported from 19 countries, territories,...
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