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The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 57 events in the region. This week’s edition covers key new and ongoing events, including:
- Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Guinea worm in South Sudan
- Cholera in Niger
- Hepatitis E in Namibia
- Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.