Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 20: 13 - 19 May 2017

The WHO Regional Office is currently monitoring 49 events: three Grade 3, six Grade 2, two Grade 1, and 38 ungraded events.

This week’s bulletin focuses on key ongoing events in the region, including the grade 3 humanitarian crises in Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Sudan, the grade 2 outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria as well as the outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and meningococcal disease in Liberia.