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23 May 2025 | Issue 305
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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/emergencies/situations/mpox-outbreak]
Latest news from WHO [https://www.who.int/news-room] and WHO events page [https://www.who.int/news-room/events]
19 to 27 May
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78)
The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly [https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha78.html] (WHA78) continues in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme “One World for Health”. The Health Assembly is expected to close on Tuesday, 27 May.
Also see: agenda [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA78/A78_1-en.pdf], documents [https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha78.html], preliminary daily table [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA78/A78_GC1-en.pdf] and the daily journal [https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha78.html], with a detailed programme of work for the day. Daily media roundups and news releases can be viewed here [https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-eighth/daily-updates].
28 to 28 May
157th session of the Executive Board
The 157th session of the Executive Board ( EB157 [https://www.who.int/about/governance/executive-board/executive-board-157th-session]) will take place from 28 to 29 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The documents for the session, including the agenda, can be accessed here [https://www.who.int/about/governance/executive-board/executive-board-157th-session]; public meetings will be live-streamed here [https://www.who.int/about/governance/executive-board/executive-board-157th-session].
Wednesday, 28 May
WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care: a new tool for outbreak preparedness and response (WHO EPI-WIN Webinar)
Wednesday, 28 May, 13.00 to 14.00 CEST, webinar
Further information and registration: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/05/28/default-calendar/who-epi-win-webinar-who-guidelines-on-meningitis-diagnosis-treatment-and-care-a-new-tool-for-outbreak-preparedness-and-response].
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Finance and Access Working Group of the WHO TB Vaccine Accelerator Council – Civil Society Information Session
Wednesday, 28 May, 14.00 to 15.00 CEST, webinar
Finance and Access Working Group of the WHO TB Vaccine Accelerator Council [https://www.who.int/groups/finance-and-access-working-group-for-new-tb-vaccines], co-convened by WHO, Gavi and the Government of South Africa, was established in February 2025 to promote timely and equitable global access to affordably priced new TB vaccines. In this webinar, the Working Group will update civil society and TB-affected communities on its vision and activities.
Further information and registration: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/05/28/default-calendar/civil-society-information-session-finance-and-access-working-group-of-the-who-tb-vaccine-accelerator-council].
Thursday, 29 May
Closing the gaps: raising awareness of the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines
16.00 to 17.30 CEST, webinar
This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have commenced the distribution of critically needed childhood cancer medicines in six pilot countries, through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines [https://www.who.int/teams/noncommunicable-diseases/ncds-management/cancer-programme/global-platform-for-access-to-childhood-cancer-medicines] (Global Platform).
Currently, medicines are being delivered to Ecuador, Mongolia, Nepal, Uzbekistan and Zambia, with next shipments planned for Jordan. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9EMwzcpNM&t] The treatments are expected to reach approximately 5000 children with cancer across at least 30 hospitals in these countries within the year. An additional six countries began the onboarding process to join the Global Platform, including El Salvador, Ghana, Moldova, Pakistan, Senegal and Sri Lanka.
Participants in this first stakeholder engagement meeting of 2025 for the Global Platform will share progress, challenges, and knowledge learned in delivering medicines to participating countries.
Further information and registration: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/05/29/default-calendar/webinar-closing-the-gaps–raising-awareness-of-the-global-platform-for-access-to-childhood-cancer-medicines].
Saturday, 31 May
World No Tobacco Day: Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products
On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization launches two new publications on flavours and flavour accessories calling on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes to protect youth from addiction and disease.
This year’s World No Tobacco Day campaign highlights the manipulative tactics of the industry from product designs to attractive flavours, and glamourized marketing that hide the true dangers of tobacco and nicotine products.
Further information and campaign assets: here [https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/2025].
Watch the World No Tobacco Day Event here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxyFGlkdRDA]
Stories of interest:
Responsible AI use can advance risk communication and infodemic management in emergencies, new study shows [https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/23-05-2025-responsible-ai-use-can-advance-risk-communication-and-infodemic-management-in-emergencies–new-study-shows], 23 May Kenya steps up national cholera preparedness and response [https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/kenya-steps-national-cholera-preparedness-and-response?country=Kenya&name=Kenya], 22 May WHO launches Emergency cholera response as cholera risks increase in Syria [https://www.emro.who.int/syria/news/who-launches-emergency-cholera-response-as-cases-resurge-in-syria.html], 21 May Outbreak of variant type 1 polio in Madagascar declared over [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/madagascar/news/outbreak-variant-type-1-polio-madagascar-declared-over], 20 May
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