Strategy and planning
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, surveillance has declined dramatically. While weekly reported cases and deaths are at the lowest level since the pandemic began, millions continue to be infected or re-infected with SARS-CoV-2 and thousands of people are dying each week. At this pivotal moment, WHO has updated its Strategic Preparedness and Response plan for 2023-2025. The updated two-year strategy builds on the objectives of the 2022 SPRP and supports countries as they are working to transition their critical emergency response activities to longer-term sustained COVID-19 disease prevention, control and management.
This strategy should be read in conjunction with relevant WHO guidance on COVID-19.
2023 documents and reports
4 September 2023
Ending the COVID-19 emergency and transitioning from emergency phase to longer-term disease management:...
This document complements the newly released Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP). It outlines the essential actions, activities,...
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, surveillance has declined dramatically. While weekly reported cases and deaths are at the lowest...
2022 documents and reports
30 September 2022
COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2022: Global Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
The SPRP 2022 Global Monitoring and Evaluation Framework aims to monitor and report on global implementation of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and...
27 September 2022
WHO’s response to COVID-19 - 2022 Mid-Year Report
This mid-year report provides a consolidated update on WHO’s response to the COVID‐19 pandemic between January and July 2022, against the objectives...
4 April 2022
WHO’s response to COVID-19 - 2021 Annual Report
This annual report provides a consolidated update on WHO’s response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2021, against the objectives laid out in the updated...
30 March 2022
Strategic preparedness, readiness and response plan to end the global COVID-19 emergency in 2022
More than two years since the first SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported, the COVID-19 pandemic remains an acute global emergency. In this Strategic Preparedness,...
To operationalize the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) published in February 2021, WHO appealed for US$1.96 billion to fund its...
2021 documents and reports
7 December 2021
WHO ACT-Accelerator Appeal: Supporting the spinal cord of the global COVID-19 response, December 2021
This document sets out WHO’s unique role and funding requirements to deliver on its role and work under the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator,...
The WHO’s global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) was first published on 4th February 2020, only days after the WHO Director-General...
The COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework tracks global progress against the COVID-19...
The WHO COVID-19 Strategic preparedness and response plan (SPRP) 2021 invites national authorities to update COVID-19 national plans to incorporate lessons...
A Look back at WHO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: key milestones and achievements, progress in achieving the objectives of the Strategic Preparedness...
24 February 2021
COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP 2021)
WHO is issuing the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for 2021 and accompanying documents as a package aimed at guiding the coordinated...
2020 documents and reports
9 June 2020
Updated country preparedness and response status for COVID-19 as of 9 June 2020
5 June 2020
Monitoring and evaluation framework
22 May 2020
Operational planning guidance to support country preparedness and response
4 February 2020
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Strategic preparedness and response plan
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Monthly operational update on health emergencies - January 2023
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Monthly operational update on health emergencies - December 2022
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Monthly Operational Update on COVID-19 - November 2022
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Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - October 2022
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Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - September 2022
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Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - May 2022
COVID-19 WHO appeal
An urgent call to fund the COVID-19 emergency response