This podcast series highlights how countries across the WHO African Region, together with their partners, are strengthening preparedness and building more resilient health systems in the face of pandemics and climate-driven health threats.

Through real-world experiences from Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and beyond, the series explores how early warning systems, community engagement and smarter investments are helping detect outbreaks sooner, respond more effectively and prevent crises before they escalate.

It also sheds light on the Pandemic Fund—a global financing mechanism that supports countries to prepare for, detect and respond to disease outbreaks by strengthening surveillance, workforce capacity, laboratories and essential public health systems.

Together, these stories illustrate how collaboration across borders, sectors and communities is creating a safer, better-prepared future for the Region.