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Pandemic, epidemic diseases
- Chikungunya
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Ebola virus disease
- Hendra virus infection
- Influenza (pandemic, seasonal, zoonotic)
- Lassa fever
- Marburg virus disease
- Meningitis
- MERS-CoV
- Monkeypox
- Nipah virus infection
- Plague
- Rift Valley fever
- SARS
- Smallpox
- Tularaemia
- Yellow fever
- Zika virus disease
Public health interventions
Networks and initiatives
- Anticipating epidemics
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Battle Against Respiratory Viruses (BRaVe) initiative
- Communicable disease control in humanitarian emergencies
- Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network (EDPLN)
- Ethics in emergencies
- Global Infection Prevention and Control Network (GIPCN)
- Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS)
- Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework
- SocialNet - A WHO network of trained social scientists
- Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH)
- The WHO Emerging Diseases Clinical Assessment and Response Network (EDCARN)
Disease outbreak news
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Measles – Lebanon
22 October 2019 -
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
18 October 2019 -
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
17 October 2019 -
Cholera – Republic of the Sudan
15 October 2019 -
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 October 2019
Travel advice
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WHO recommendations for international travel and trade in relation to the Listeriosis outbreak in Spain
28 August 2019 -
WHO recommendations for international traffic related to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
19 July 2019 -
Information for travellers visiting countries with Zika virus transmission
4 July 2019 -
WHO advice for international travel in relation to measles
20 June 2019 -
Health requirements and recommendations for travellers to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah
9 June 2019 -
WHO advice for international travel and trade in relation to cholera
21 September 2018
Managing epidemics
This resource provides concise and up-to-date knowledge on 15 infectious diseases that have the potential to become international threats, and tips on how to respond to each of them.