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Primary sources
Authoritative outbreak surveillance and clinical reference bodies. These are checked at least daily during active emergencies.
WHO Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization
Authoritative outbreak reports with case counts, geographic spread, risk assessment, and IHR-relevant designations. The primary canonical record for PHEIC declarations.
Cadence: Updated per outbreak event; typically every 3–7 days during active emergencies.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-newsWHO Regional Office for Africa
World Health Organization (Africa)
Regional WHO office covering African outbreaks. Publishes weekly emergency bulletins and operational situation reports.
Cadence: Weekly Emergency Preparedness and Response bulletins; ad-hoc situation reports.
https://www.afro.who.intAfrica CDC
African Union - Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Continental coordination body. Publishes weekly outbreak briefs and works directly with national health ministries during VHF events.
Cadence: Weekly briefs; ad-hoc statements during PHEICs.
https://africacdc.orgUS CDC - Ebola
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reference profiles, outbreak chronology, clinical guidance, traveler advice. Authoritative for US-facing public-health context.
Cadence: Updated per outbreak event and per annual review cycle.
https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/about/index.htmlCDC Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID Journal)
US CDC
Peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes rapid characterisations of emerging outbreaks, including lab-confirmed strain identifications.
Cadence: Monthly; ad-hoc fast-track papers for active outbreaks.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/ReliefWeb - Ebola tag
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Aggregates situation reports from WHO, MSF, IFRC, UNICEF, government MoHs, and NGOs. Useful for cross-checking field-level numbers.
Cadence: Continuous aggregation.
https://reliefweb.int/disaster/ep-2026-000071-codMédecins Sans Frontières - Ebola
MSF / Doctors Without Borders
First-hand field reporting from clinicians in active outbreaks. Authoritative for treatment center capacity, case management, community engagement.
Cadence: As-events-warrant press releases.
https://www.msf.org/ebola
Secondary references and regulatory records
ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
EU-facing surveillance reports. Useful for EU-bound traveler risk assessment.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/threats-and-outbreaksALIMA
The Alliance for International Medical Action
African-led medical NGO with operational presence in DRC. Publishes situation updates during VHF emergencies.
https://alima.ngo/en/ProMED-mail
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Moderated outbreak-intelligence email list used by epidemiologists and journalists. Often the first public mention of suspected clusters.
https://promedmail.orgHealthMap
Boston Children’s Hospital
Computational outbreak surveillance from news and informal sources in 15 languages. Useful directional signal; numbers should be cross-checked.
https://healthmap.org/ebola/WHO R&D Blueprint
World Health Organization
WHO programme that maintains target product profiles, recommended platforms, and clinical-trial protocols for priority pathogens including filoviruses.
https://www.who.int/teams/blueprintErvebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) - reference
Wikipedia, citing FDA + EMA + WHO documents
Reference summary of Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) approval, mechanism, and trial history. Links onward to FDA, EMA, and WHO primary documents. We use this as a stable pointer because FDA reorganised the press URL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ErveboEMA - Zabdeno/Mvabea EPAR
European Medicines Agency
EU regulatory record for the Janssen two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen.
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/zabdeno