Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - September 2022

Overview

In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:    

• Reflecting on the implementation of genomic surveillance for COVID-19 and beyond in the African Region 
• Armenia enhances data-driven decision-making for better health care and efficient response to health emergencies, including COVID-19 
• Revisiting national pandemic preparedness planning for influenza and respiratory pathogens in light of the response to COVID-19: Experience from the Islamic Republic of Iran 
• The Plurinational State of Bolivia enhances its COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance through the inauguration of COVID-19 situation rooms 
• WHO supports Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities in Mali to address the needs of vulnerable populations affected by COVID-19 and gender-based violence 
• Parliamentarians confirm resilient health systems and preparedness for future emergencies are critical to health security in Asia and the Pacific 
• WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) jointly expand multi-country work on public health emergency management in the WHO European Region 
• WHO/PAHO supports Panama with cold chain equipment to take vaccines to the farthest corners of the region 
• India’s Uttar Pradesh State administers over 1.6 million COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in a single day 
• WHO and the World Bank formally establish the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response 
• Strengthening preparedness for respiratory pathogen pandemics 
• INITATE² – an international partnership to design the future of pandemic emergency response 
• OpenWHO celebrates 7 million enrollments, showing the need for knowledge on COVID-19 and public health 
• WHO’s COVID-19 Response Funding in 2022: Delivering science, solutions and solidarity to end the acute phase of the pandemic 
• Updated WHO guidance and publications