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WHO Nairobi Hub bulletin
The WHO Nairobi Emergency Hub provides crucial support to countries across the Eastern and Southern Africa subregion to strengthen health emergency preparedness and to ensure quick and effective response.



Ensuring health security in the WHO African Region - Emergency preparedness and response report, quarter 4, 2023
This report from WHO Regional Office for Africa describes the Organization’s and partner efforts to strengthen EPR capabilities across the African Region.

Ensuring health security in the WHO African Region: quarterly emergency preparedness and response, quarter 1, 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, the WHO African Region faced multiple health emergencies that tested the resilience and rapid response capabilities of health systems.

African Region: quarterly emergency preparedness and response, quarter 2, 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, the Regional Office’s Emergency Response Programme (EMR) led coordinated health interventions across multiple acute and protracted emergencies, including two newly graded crises and several ungraded events. As of the end of June, WHO was actively monitoring 163 events (134 outbreaks and 29 humanitarian events) in the African Region. Of these, 19 were graded public health emergencies.

Ensuring health security in the WHO African Region/ Quarterly emergency preparedness and response, quarter 1, 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, the WHO African Region faced multiple health emergencies that tested the resilience and rapid response capabilities of health systems. As of 30 March 2024, WHO was actively monitoring 105 outbreaks and 29 humanitarian events in the African Region.

Progress report on Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) initiative in the WHO African Region, September 2024
The Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) initiative is a cornerstone in strengthening public health intelligence. It brings together various networks and systems to create a unified, all-hazards One Health approach to early detection, verification, assessment and communication of public health threats using publicly available information.

EPR-TAG and RITAG Joint Recommendations on Mpox
Mpox has been neglected in Central and Western Africa since the 1970s. Insufficient global investment in research, surveillance, and countermeasures has exacerbated the current growing outbreak.

Meeting Report: Inaugural Emergency Preparedness & Response Technical Advisory Group (EPR-TAG) Meeting Saly, Senegal 16-18 July 2024
The EPR-TAG is an independent advisory body to WHO/AFRO, offering strategic guidance on health emergency preparedness, detection, and response. During its inaugural meeting in Saly, Senegal (16-18 July 2024), the TAG generated recommendations endorsed by the Regional Director. Recommendations span five priority areas: