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Friday, 27 September 2024 | Issue 273
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Taking samples from a patient for laboratory analysis during his treatment for mpox at Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 31 August 2024. © WHO / Guerchom Ndebo
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]
Latest news from WHO [https://www.who.int/news-room] and WHO events page [https://www.who.int/news-room/events]
Saturday, 28 September
World Rabies Day 2024
Rabies is a serious public health problem in over 150 countries and territories, mainly in Asia and Africa. It is a viral, zoonotic, neglected tropical disease that causes tens of thousands of deaths annually, with 40% being children under 15.
This year’s World Rabies Day theme “ Breaking Rabies Boundaries [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/28/default-calendar/world-rabies-day-2024]” highlights the need for progress and moving beyond the status quo. The world has the vaccines, medicines, tools, and technologies to break the cycle of one of the oldest diseases, and together in unity we can eliminate rabies.
Also see: Rabies fact sheet [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies] and further information about the World Rabies Day 2024 [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/28/default-calendar/world-rabies-day-2024]
Tuesday, 01 October
Virtual media briefing on the outcomes of the regular meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization? [https://www.who.int/groups/strategic-advisory-group-of-experts-on-immunization](SAGE) held their regular biannual meeting [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/23/default-calendar/sage_meeting_september_2024] from 23 to 26 September, to discuss, among others, recommendations on strategies and use of a range of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases including RSV, cholera, polio and universal rubella vaccine.
Further details, including the time, names of speakers and how to dial in, will be sent in a separate media advisory.
Other events of interest to the journalists:
Breast cancer awareness month [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/10/01/default-calendar/who-global-breast-cancer-initiative–breast-cancer-awareness-month], 1 to 31 October 2024
Selection of stories on WHO’s work in emergencies
Lebanon’s readiness for acute emergencies tested [https://www.emro.who.int/lbn/lebanon-news/lebanons-readiness-for-acute-emergencies-tested.html], 26 September 2024 Ukraine: WHO installs a new modular clinic in the Kharkiv region [https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/26-09-2024-ukraine–who-installs-a-new-modular-clinic-in-the-kharkiv-region], 26 September 2024 Experts agree on African regional plan for health and climate change [https://www.afro.who.int/news/experts-agree-african-regional-plan-health-and-climate-change], 26 September 2024 Sudan surpasses 100 attacks on healthcare since 2023-armed conflict began [https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/in-sudan-there-have-been-more-than-100-attacks-on-health-care-since-the-armed-conflict-began.html], 24 September 2024 Finding ways to stop the spread of polio amid Sudan’s protracted conflict [https://www.emro.who.int/sdn/sudan-news/finding-ways-to-stop-the-spread-of-polio-amid-sudans-protracted-conflict.html], 24 September 2024 Kenya steps up surveillance, response measures to curb mpox [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/kenya/news/kenya-steps-surveillance-response-measures-curb-mpox], 24 September 2024
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