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WHO’s Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies - Issue 13 | May 2023

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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