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Primary sources
Authoritative outbreak surveillance and clinical reference bodies. These are checked at least daily during active emergencies.
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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-news -
WHO 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.int -
Africa 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.org -
US 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.html -
CDC 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-2026-000049-cod -
Médecins 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
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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-outbreaks -
ALIMA
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.org -
HealthMap
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/blueprint -
FDA - Ervebo approval record
US Food and Drug Administration
Regulatory record of Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) approval and label.
https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/ervebo -
EMA - 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