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Key figures on WHO’s work in emergencies: 2024 in review
As of 15 January 2025, WHO is currently responding to 42 graded emergencies across the world, including:
10 Grade-3 emergencies
8 protracted Grade-3 emergencies
10 Grade-2 emergencies
8 protracted Grade-2 emergencies
3 Grade-1 emergencies
Graded emergency: An acute public health event or emergency that requires WHO’s moderate response (Grade-2) or maximal response (Grade-3). If a graded emergency persists for more than six months, it may transition to a protracted emergency. WHO continuously updates the graded emergencies figures based on inputs from the Organization’s three-levels.
On 20 January 2024, Tanzania confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease. Following this declaration, the outbreak was graded by WHO as a Grade 2 emergency