World Health Organization Emergencies Programme

Skip to main content Emergencies Overview Funding Operations Partners Surveillance Research Training Global health emergencies All → Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Sudan Disease Outbreak NewsSituation reportsWeekly Epidemiological RecordHealth Emergency DashboardIndependent Oversight and Advisory CommitteeWHO's health emergency appeals Emergency news All → 27 February 2026 Departmental update WHO tests a strategy game to improve outbreak response speed 23 February 2026 News release Attacks on Ukraine’s health care increased by 20% in 2025 17 February 2026 Departmental update Conflict and instability make pregnancy more dangerous 12 February 2026 Departmental update Partners discuss improving pooled procurement of emergency medical countermeasures Our emergency work in focus All → 4 September 2025 Strengthening Vanuatu's health resilience with better data collection 13 August 2025 GOARN impact in the field: Brazil implements Go.Data for enhanced contact tracing 8 July 2025 Strengthening outbreak response in Vanuatu through Go.Data Featured meeting report | 16 January 2025 WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2025 Download Read More Publications All → 23 October 2025 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... Download Read More 29 September 2025 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... Download Read More 15 July 2025 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.... Download Read More 22 January 2025 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... Download Read More Documents All → 25 February 2026 Public Health Situation Analysis - Sudan Conflict and Complex Emergency 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... Download Read More 25 February 2026 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... Download Read More 24 February 2026 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... Download Read More 21 February 2026 Multi-country outbreak of cholera, epidemiological update #34 -21 February 2026 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,... Download Read More More about our work in emergencies Rapidly detecting and responding to health emergencies Strengthening national emergency preparedness Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants Minimizing health risks at airports, ports and ground crossings Communicating risk in public health emergencies Supporting national implementation of International Health Regulations Building a skilled workforce to prepare for and respond to emergencies Managing environmental health risks in emergencies Translating science for better health emergency preparedness Strengthening the global health-security interface Strengthening partnerships with the faith community Safeguarding biosafety and biosecurity in laboratories Measuring the effectiveness and impact of public health and social measures