The Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Cluster of the WHO Regional Office for Africa continues to work with countries across the Region to prepare, prevent and control public health emergencies.

This report (Issue 169) offers an overview of infodemic insights in WHO African Region between 10-23 July 2025 including public health emergencies (mpox and cholera), immunization (typhoid vaccine, measles vaccine) and other public health priorities (HIV prevention and introduction of lenacapavir).

The WHO Nairobi Emergency Hub provides crucial support to countries across the Eastern and Southern Africa subregion to strengthen health emergency preparedness and to ensure quick and effective response.

This report from WHO Regional Office for Africa describes the Organization’s and partner efforts to strengthen EPR capabilities across the African Region.

In the first quarter of 2024, the WHO African Region faced multiple health emergencies that tested the resilience and rapid response capabilities of health systems.

In the second quarter of 2024, the Regional Office’s Emergency Response Programme (EMR) led coordinated health interventions across multiple acute and protracted emergencies, including two newly graded crises and several ungraded events. As of the end of June, WHO was actively monitoring 163 events (134 outbreaks and 29 humanitarian events) in the African Region. Of these, 19 were graded public health emergencies.

In the first quarter of 2024, the WHO African Region faced multiple health emergencies that tested the resilience and rapid response capabilities of health systems. As of 30 March 2024, WHO was actively monitoring 105 outbreaks and 29 humanitarian events in the African Region.