The work of the World Health Organization in the African Region: Report of the Regional Director: 1 July 2025–30 June 2026 was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Tuesday, 25 August 2026 at 08:40 UTC. The event is classified as a epidemic incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through AFRO.
The work of the World Health Organization in the African Region: Report of the Regional Director: 1 July 2025–30 June 2026 elombatd@who.int Tue, 25/08/2026 - 09:40 This report outlines the work of the WHO Regional Office for Africa from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, the first full year of Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi’s mandate as Regional Director, during which the African Region began to chart a new course towards strengthened health sovereignty, enhanced emergency leadership and institutional reform. The Region faced multiple converging health challenges rarely encountered simultaneously, including the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia, the sixteenth Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a multi-country Rift Valley fever event in Mauritania and Senegal, alongside sustained cholera, mpox and meas
Where this happened
The incident is located in Republic of the Congo (Africa), whose capital is Brazzaville. Historically, Republic of the Congo is most affected by floods and epidemics. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Republic of the Congo incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are -0.200°, 15.800°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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Timeline and sources
Reported
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· received · event time 25 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTCFirst report Merged duplicate
First recorded from AFRO.
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Conditions at the time
Light rain of 2.3 mm was recorded, and the temperature peaked at 32°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.