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International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat Releases New Report; NAM President Victor Dzau Co-Chairs IPPS Scientific Advisory Group - National Academy of Medicine
The independent International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (IPPS) has released a new report hig...

Launch of global individual patient data platform for tuberculosis treatment
WHO is announcing the publicly accessible global individual patient data (IPD) platform fo...

Benefits of Flu Vaccination During 2021-2022 Flu Season
This web page provides estimates on the burden of influenza (flu) and the effects of annual flu vacc...

Launch of COSPPac Climate Change in the Pacific 2022 Report
The Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac) launched the report during...

Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the global community of countries, partners, donors, technic...

Core protocol for ECDC studies of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 or with seasonal influenza - Version 2.0
This core protocol for ECDC studies of vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with Severe Acu...

Protocol for a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study using health data registries
This protocol presents a common methodology to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) for COVID-19, usi...

Current U.S. Bird Flu Situation in Humans
The first case of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in a person in the U.S. was reported on April 28...

Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities 2016–2017
In 2016–2017, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) organised the third poin...

Update 83: The Global Influenza Outbreak - What we are doing and what it means for pandemic influenza
To create awareness on the current influenza outbreak, what is being done to manage it, what the pub...

Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Case Incidence Rates ...
What is already known about this topic? COVID-19 vaccines are effective against SARS-CoV-2 infectio...

Three years of pandemic learning response: reaching learners across the world with life-saving health knowledge
26 January 2023 marks three years since WHO launched its first OpenWHO.org course on the t...

Surveillance and Data Strategy — Modernizing Notifiable Diseases Reporting
Local health officials compile information from healthcare providers, laboratories, and other r...

Webinar – Launch of the new publication "National Stockpiles for Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies: Policy Advice"
This document describes protocols and practices for ensuring the essential elements of a national st...

Influenza Update N° 437
Countries are recommended to monitor the co-circulation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. They ar...

Early Estimates of Bivalent mRNA Booster Dose Vaccine ...
What is already known about this topic? The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2-related sublineage XBB.1.5 is g...

WHO Webinar Series on Trust and Pandemic Preparedness
This webinar will examine historical trust infrastructures that build and maintain trust within comm...

Vector alert: Anopheles stephensi invasion and spread in Africa and Sri Lanka
Anopheles stephensi, a highly competent vector of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax,...

WHO EPI-WIN webinar: Current COVID-19 situation and what's next for COVID-19
Wednesday 8 February 2023, 13:00 – 14:00 CET As we  enter into the 4th year of the  COVID...

Practical manual on tuberculosis laboratory strengthening updated to support the implementation of WHO-recommended diagnostics
The Practical manual on laboratory strengthening, 2022 update provides practical guidance ...



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