Editor’s Note:
We provide below the current list of WHO Grade 3 and Grade 2 emergencies. We note that the WHO web pages associated with country links often do not evidence any current information. In a number of cases, the most current information posted is from weeks or months ago.

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WHO Grade 3 and Grade 2 emergencies
[accessed 24 July 2015]

WHO Grade 3 emergencies
Guinea
Iraq
Liberia
Nepal
Philippines
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
The Syrian Arab Republic

WHO Grade 2 emergencies
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Philippines
Ukraine
Vanuatu
Yemen

Grade definitions
:: Grade 2: a single or multiple country event with moderate public health consequences that requires a moderate WCO response and/or moderate international WHO response. Organizational and/or external support required by the WCO is moderate. An Emergency Support Team, run out of the regional office (the Emergency Support Team is only run out of HQ if multiple regions are affected), coordinates the provision of support to the WCO.

:: Grade 3: a single or multiple country event with substantial public health consequences that requires a substantial WCO response and/or substantial international WHO response. Organizational and/or external support required by the WCO is substantial. An Emergency Support Team, run out of the regional office, coordinates the provision of support to the WCO.