Diseases the WHO has Declared Emergencies for 🦠

A Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response", formulated when a situation arises that is "serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected", which "carries implications for public health beyond the affected State's national border" and "may require immediate international action". Name the diseases that have prompted these PHEICs since they began in 2005.
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Year
Location
Disease
2009
Worldwide
Swine flu
2014
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria
Polio
2014–present
Western Africa
Ebola
2016
The Americas, Southeast Asia
Zika
2018–20
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ebola
2020–23
Central China, worldwide
COVID-19
2022–23
Worldwide
Mpox
2024–present
DR Congo, worldwide
Mpox
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4 Comments
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Level 55
Jul 26, 2020
How can central China be separate from worldwide? Isnt China part of the world?
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Level 90
Jul 26, 2020
When I added it to this quiz, 90% of the cases were in Central China. I suppose I could take it off now.
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Level 61
Mar 8, 2025
Can you accept "AH1N1" as well?
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Level 90
Mar 8, 2025
OK!