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Friday, 07 March 2025 | Issue 294
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Cholera vaccination in Kenya, February 2023 – vaccinators walk long distances under
the hot sun to reach the villages and administer oral cholera vaccines.
WHO/Billy Miaron
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]
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Tuesday, 11 March
Launch of the Joint UN Initiative for the Prevention of Wasting (JUNIPr)
14:00-15:30 CET, Webinar
The Joint UN Initiative for the Prevention of Wasting (JUNIPr), funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is a collaborative effort between WHO, UNICEF, WFP and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to accelerate the prevention of child wasting.
Child wasting is one of several indicators to measure nutritional imbalance based on low-weight-for-height and is a symptom of acute undernutrition, usually as a consequence of insufficient food intake or a high incidence of infectious diseases.
Speakers in this webinar will discuss the progress made to reduce child wasting in recent years, the remaining challenges and the importance of generating evidence on what works to scale up prevention in different contexts. Government representatives from Bangladesh, Mali and Ethiopia will also share their reflections on why this initiative is important in their contexts.
Learn more and register here: Webinar Registration – Zoom [https://unicef.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nakVLUMhSvCCJVtLZb62xQ#/registration].
Other events and stories of interest:
Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) regular meeting [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/03/10/default-calendar/strategic-advisory-group-of-experts-on-immunization-march-2025], 10 to 13 March 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (closed meeting, by invitation only). The outcomes of the regular meeting will be presented to the news media the following week.
WHO intensifies support to Uganda’s fight against Sudan virus disease [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/who-intensifies-support-ugandas-fight-against-sudan-virus-disease], 06 March 2025
WHO and partners equip community health workers to support Marburg outbreak response in Kagera [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/united-republic-of-tanzania/news/who-and-partners-equip-community-health-workers-support-marburg-outbreak-response-kagera] (Tanzania), 04 March 2025
United Nations in Uganda launches joint emergency appeal for funding to support the government and people of Uganda in response to the Ebola outbreak [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/united-nations-uganda-launches-joint-emergency-appeal-funding-support-government-and-people-uganda], 03 March 2025
Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreak in Burundi [https://www.afro.who.int/countries/burundi/news/sustaining-efforts-end-mpox-outbreak-burundi], 03 March 2025
Saving lives: transportation of patients from Gaza – perspectives from Romania [https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/photo-stories/item/saving-lives–transportation-of-patients-from-gaza—perspectives-from-romania], 03 March 2025
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