In this edition of the Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
- Sierra Leone conducts Universal Health and Preparedness Review (UHPR) pilot
- Empowering communities to fight cholera misinformation in Malawi
- Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
- WHO EURO and Slovakia host consultation of refugee-receiving countries on health service delivery
- Are you ‘PRET’ for the next pandemic?
- A common approach across two regions: delivering respiratory pathogen simulation exercises in Costa Rica and Lebanon
- WHO delivers essential equipment and training to support whole genome sequencing in East Malaysia
- Training on genetic characterization of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 to enhance GISRS respiratory disease surveillance in the Americas
- A global analysis of COVID-19 intra-action reviews: reflecting on, adjusting and improving emergency preparedness and response during a pandemic, examples from the African Region
- WHO/Europe’s work with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on increasing the control and eventual elimination of mpox
- Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (SCHEPPR) meets for the second time
- Online Marburg virus disease course translated into four new languages to support outbreak response
Entire content available on: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/monthly-operational-update-on-health-emergencies---may-2023
