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Filovirus disease outbreaks pose significant public health threats, and treatment centres have become essential infrastructure for outbreak response. This...

This guidance provides recommendations for the allocation, disbursement, use, and reporting of domestic and external resources during disease outbreaks....

This executive summary presents the WHO guidelines for the clinical management of filovirus disease, encompassing infections caused by Bundibugyo, Ebola,...

This WHO guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for the clinical management of filovirus disease, including disease caused by Ebola, Sudan,...

This Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) aims to assess the risk of yellow fever at the global level, considering the public health impact, the risk of geographical...

In April 2026 (epidemiological weeks 14 to 17), a total of 20 100 new cholera and acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) cases were reported from 15 countries, territories,...

WHO advises Member States to implement a risk-based approach to the identification, monitoring, and management of contacts of probable or confirmed Andes...

In 2025, the WHO Health Emergencies Programme responded to a growing number of health emergencies driven by conflict, climate shocks and disease outbreaks,...