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The African Region WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 42 events, 34 infectious diseases outbreaks and 8 humanitarian crises. This edition (week 16) covers:
- Monkeypox outbreaks in Sierra Leone and Central African Republic
- Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
- Meningitis in Nigeria and Niger,
- Acute watery diarrhea/cholera in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.