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National health emergency alert and response framework

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...

Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline, June 2025

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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Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #63 - 24 February 2026

This is the 63rd situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the global epidemiological situation for mpox, including...

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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,...

WHO Rapid Risk Assessment-Mpox, Global, v6

This Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) aims to assess the risk of mpox at the global level, considering the public health impact, the risk of geographical spread...

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WHO regularly conducts risk assessments for graded emergencies in accordance with the WHO Emergency Response Framework. Since January 2020, WHO conducted...