Acute public health events assessed by WHO Regional Offices for Africa, the Americas, and Europe under the International Health Regulations (2005) 2018 Report

This report describes public health events detected, assessed, and reported from 2001 to 2018, with a primary focus on the year 2018, in three WHO Regions: Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The data on public health events that occurred in States Parties from 2001 to 2018 were recorded by WHO in its Event Management System (EMS), a password-protected web-based tool accessible to professional personnel at WHO Country, Regional, and Headquarter Office levels.