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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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COVID-19_risk assessment_Global_v9

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

WHO RRA_MERS-CoV_EMRO

This Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) aims to assess the risk of MERS-CoV in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, considering the public health impact, the...

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From 1 January to 28 December 2025, a cumulative total of 614 828 cholera cases and 7598 deaths were reported from 33 countries across five WHO regions,...

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This is the 62nd situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the global epidemiological situation for mpox, including...