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23 January 2023
WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2023
WHO needs US$2.54 billion to provide life-saving assistance to millions of people around the world facing health emergencies. WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal...
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13 October 2023
Clinical characterization of mpox including monitoring the use of therapeutic interventions: statistical...
The statistical analysis plan for mpox describes how data will be used to understand presenting conditions, morbidity and mortality, and subgroup analysis...
21 September 2023
WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research: report of the twenty-fourth meeting, Geneva, 29–30...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Committee on variola virus Research (ACVVR), held its twenty-fourth meeting on 29-30 November 2022 at WHO...
4 September 2023
Ending the COVID-19 emergency and transitioning from emergency phase to longer-term disease management:...
This document complements the newly released Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP). It outlines the essential actions, activities,...
The WHO COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with...
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27 October 2023
COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 27 October 2023
Globally, the number of new cases decreased by 42% during the 28-day period of 25 September to 22 October 2023 as compared to the previous 28-day period,...
This is the 29th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the latest epidemiology, a special focus on mpox...
Population: El Niño affected countries Reporting period: October-December 2023 Start date of event: June 2023 Typology of event:...
In this edition of WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:EWARS in a...