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Friday, 20 September 2024 | Issue 272
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AMR Surveillance Network`s coordinator Celeste performs multiple assays of antimicrobial susceptibility testing at Malbrán Institute in Buenos Aires, 2021. © WHO / Sarah Pabst
Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory [https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/conflict-in-Israel-and-oPt]
WHO work on mpox [https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1]
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WHO at the UN General Assembly High-level Week 2024
20 to 28 September, UN Headquarters, New York, USA
WHO will participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and its High-level Week 2024 [https://www.un.org/en/high-level-week-2024], to advocate the importance of ensuring strong pandemic preparedness and response, health financing, and equitable access to healthcare, including digital health.
More information about WHO events at UNGA is available here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/20/default-calendar/who-at-the-high-level-week-of-the-79th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-(unga)].
Also see WHO at UNGA: Call for urgent, high-level action to address global scourge of antimicrobial resistance [https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2024-who-at-unga-call-for-urgent–high-level-action-to-address-global-scourge-of-antimicrobial-resistance]
WHO at the Climate Week NYC
22 to 29 September, New York, USA
The Climate Week NYT [https://www.climateweeknyc.org/] will take place in conjunction with the UNGA and serve as a global platform for advancing climate action and sustainability. WHO experts will make it a priority to ensure that the health argument for climate action takes center stage in global discussions.
Monday, 23 September
The Health Argument for Climate Action, a high-level dialogue on climate change and health
12.00 to 13.00 EDT, Conference Room 6, UNHQ New York and live-streamed
This event, co-hosted by WHO and the United Arab Emirates which held the COP28 Presidency, will highlight the crucial interconnection between health and climate change, the shared impact on other sectors, and the health co-benefits of climate and health action.
It will be an opportunity to report back on the key decisions made since COP28, to outline the health-related initiatives planned at COP29 and aspirations for COP30, and to call for raising ambition, accelerating concrete action and mobilizing finance for health.
Further details about the event and registration links for journalists: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/who-at-unga79–the-health-argument-for-climate-action]. The event will be streamed live on UN WebTV [https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t5qdveh3].
Combatting climate change and its devastating impact on the path to ending TB
UNGA High-level Week side event, 14:00 to 16:30 EDT, 23 September, New York
The event will build upon the successes of the 2023 UN High-level Meeting on TB and commitments made by world leaders, notably on tackling the key drivers of the TB epidemic, including climate change. It will bring together Ministers and other leaders, Heads of Agencies, partners and civil society, to discuss progress toward global targets, including on closing gaps in access to care for people with TB, recognizing the impact of climate change and the interventions being undertaken for a climate-resilient TB response.
Further information and registration here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/unga-high-level-side-event–combating-climate-change-and-its-devastating-impact-on-the-path-to-ending-tb].
New research on trends in adolescent health
08:00 to 10:00 EDT, 23 September, Westin Grand Central, New York
During an event [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights] taking place during the high-level Summit of the Future [https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future] in New York, WHO will launch and discuss findings from a new scientific publication on trends in adolescent health, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The research shows that mental and sexual and reproductive health, as well as nutrition, are critical challenges for the world’s youth, and makes the case for concerted and sustainable investments in adolescent health and well-being.
Visit the page [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights] for more information and registration for the Adolescent sexual and reproductive health event. Also see the adolescent health [https://www.who.int/health-topics/adolescent-health] pages.
Tuesday, 24 September
Launch of the 2024 Special Issue of Vaccines on ‘Inequality in Immunization’
13:00 to 14:00 CEST, webinar
The 2024 Special Issue on ‘Inequality in Immunization’, published in the international MDPI journal Vaccines, emphasises research and review articles that deepen our understanding of immunization inequalities and highlight entry points or modalities to reduce them.
Visit this page [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/24/default-calendar/launch–2024-special-issue-of-vaccines-on–inequality-in-immunizationhttps:/www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/24/default-calendar/launch–2024-special-issue-of-vaccines-on–inequality-in-immunization] for further information about this launch and to register for the webinar.
Wednesday, 25 September
Launch of guidance for best practices for clinical trials
13:00 to 14:30 CEST, online
WHO has developed new guidance on best practices for clinical trials to reinforce global standards in the organization, design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials. The guidance is a pivotal tool for strengthening the global clinical trials ecosystem, enhancing the efficiency and credibility of clinical research, and promoting public trust in the outcomes of research and evidence base for health interventions.
Further information about this launch and the registration for the virtual event: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/25/default-calendar/launch-of-guidance-for-best-practices-for-clinical-trials]
Thursday, 26 September
Second High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance at UNGA
10:00 – 18:00 EDT, UN Headquarters and online
The second High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/26/default-calendar/un-general-assembly-high-level-meeting-on-antimicrobial-resistance-2024]?on 26 September 2024 will be the principal official, health-focused event during the UNGA High-level Week. Without decisive action, such as that outlined in the political declaration [https://www.un.org/pga/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/09/FINAL-Text-AMR-to-PGA.pdf] for the meeting, AMR will cause even more global suffering, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The intergovernmental negotiations for the declaration were co-facilitated by Malta and Barbados.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will speak during the opening segment, to be held from 10.00 to 10.45 EDT on 26 September and livestreamed on UN WebTV [https://webtv.un.org/en].
A media briefing on the High-level Meeting on AMR will be held from 09.00 to 09.30 EDT on 26 September, with PM Mia Mottley of Barbados, the WHO Director-General and other Quadripartite principals. Further details, including how to dial in, will be sent in a separate media advisory.
WHO experts are available for interviews on a range of AMR topics, including the political declaration [https://www.un.org/pga/78/2024/09/09/letter-from-president-of-the-general-assembly-on-amr-final-text-of-the-declaration/] for the meeting, country action, gender and AMR, antibiotic pollution from manufacturing [https://www.who.int/news/item/03-09-2024-new-global-guidance-aims-to-curb-antibiotic-pollution-from-manufacturing], and more.
Addressing AMR challenges including in migrant and refugee populations
UNGA High-level Week side event, 08:00 to 09:30 EDT on 26 September, Hybrid (Conference Room 12, UNHQ and live streamed at UN WebTV)
Further information and registration details: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/26/default-calendar/unga79-side-event–addressing-amr-challenges-including-in-migrant-and-refugee-populations].
Other events of interest to the journalists:
WHO Consultation on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines for Use in the 2025 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Season [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/who-consultation-on-the-composition-of-influenza-virus-vaccines-for-use-in-the-2025-southern-hemisphere-influenza-season], 23 to 26 September 2024, Melbourne, Australia (by invitation only) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) regular meeting [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/sage_meeting_september_2024], 23 to 26 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland (by invitation only)
Selection of stories on WHO’s work in emergencies
Heavy rainfall is causing rivers to burst their banks, leaving huge swathes of central Europe reeling [https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/18-09-2024-heavy-rainfall-is-causing-rivers-to-burst-their-banks–leaving-huge-swathes-of-central-europe-reeling], WHO EURO, 18 September
Ramping up flood emergency response in Nigeria [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/nigeria/news/ramping-flood-emergency-response-nigeria], WHO AFRO, 16 September
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