Monthly operational update on health emergencies - May 2023

Overview

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