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Protecting the world from pandemics and epidemics

In 2025, the WHO Hub in Berlin worked with more than 160 Member States and over 190 partners to help countries and organizations develop innovative systems, tools and collaborations to detect and understand public health threats as quickly as possible, whenever and wherever they occur.

Here are the 10 things you need to know about our work.

Visit of the German Federal Minister of Health

Germany’s Federal Minister of Health, Nina Warken, visited the WHO Hub in Berlin on the occasion of the publication of the 2025 Annual Report.

“Intelligent prevention means analysing digital data on clusters of unusual cases of disease and symptoms in real time. In Germany, we are proud to host the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, a global centre that uses artificial intelligence to detect, analyse and effectively prevent potential epidemics. Through its work, the Hub strengthens our health security and supports a rapid global response to epidemic threats.”

Nina Warken, Federal Minister of Health, Germany

• Read the annual report

“Berlin offers an ideal environment for our work. We collaborate closely with world-leading institutions such as the Robert Koch Institute and the Charité Center for Global Health. Germany has supported the WHO Hub since its establishment, and we are pleased to welcome Federal Minister Nina Warken to the Hub today.”
Dr Oliver Morgan

Head of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence

Key achievements of 2025

Thank you to all our supporters, we are looking forward to continue driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and building the intelligence systems that will protect generations to come.

• Read the annual report