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25 July 2025 | Issue 314
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26 to 30 July 2025
WHO at the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress
26 to 30 July 2025, Montreal, Canada WHO will participate in the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress [https://stihiv2025.org/] in Montreal, Canada, where it will present its latest epidemiological, scientific, and normative work related to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Highlights include: Achieving health equity in STI care – Considerations of the impact of self-care, Sunday, 27 July 2025, 13:00–14:00 (EST), during which WHO will present updated consolidated guidelines on STI prevention and care.WHO research priorities for STIs: Advancing the global agenda for syphilis research, Monday, 28 July 2025, 10:00–11:30 (EST)Looking forward in sexual health, Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 08:30–09:30 (EST)Towards the implementation of STI point-of-care tests in low- and middle-income countries, Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 10:00–11:30 (EST)Scaling up STI responses: New WHO guidelines and gonorrhoea AMR surveillance in focus, Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 07:30–08:30 (EST)
Further information: [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/26/default-calendar/who-at-the-sti-hiv-world-congress-2025]
Monday, 28 July
World Hepatitis Day
​The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2025 [https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hepatitis-day/2025], Let’s Break It Down, demands action to confront the rising toll of liver cancer linked to chronic hepatitis infections, and calls for decisive steps to dismantle persistent barriers — from stigma to funding gaps —that stand in the way of hepatitis elimination and liver cancer prevention.
A global webinar [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/28/default-calendar/global-hepatitis-webinar-let-s-break-it-down!] will be held at 13.30 CEST on Monday, 28 July to drive advocacy, awareness and action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health problem.
Further information and registration: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/28/default-calendar/global-hepatitis-webinar-let-s-break-it-down!]. More on the World Hepatitis Day 2025 campaign: here [https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hepatitis-day/2025].
29 to 31 July 2025
2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health
29 to 31 July 2025, International Convention Center of Brazil, Brasilia (in-person event)
From 29 to 31 July 2025, the V Global Conference on Climate and Health [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/29/default-calendar/2025-global-conference-on-climate-and-health] will take place in Brasília, Brazil. It will provide a high-level platform for ministers of health, environment, and climate, technical experts, researchers, youth leaders, and civil society to share progress and scale up action on climate and health. The programme will showcase innovation and impact from a wide range of stakeholders implementing climate-health strategies, through plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops, open dialogues, and dynamic Idea Labs (see the agenda [https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/climate-change/global-conferenece_agenda_online.pdf?sfvrsn=260d9751_5]).
Key outcomes will include, among others, concrete inputs to the draft Belém Health Action Plan [https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/climate-change/en—belem-action-plan.pdf], defined pathways to promote health as a core pillar of climate action in the lead-up to COP30 and scientific deliverables to support the implementation of the Belém Health Action Plan. All plenary sessions will be livestreamed [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/29/default-calendar/2025-global-conference-on-climate-and-health].
This Global Conference is co-organized by the Government of Brazil, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) [https://www.who.int/initiatives/alliance-for-transformative-action-on-climate-and-health], and will serve as the annual, in-person meeting of ATACH members.
Further information: 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/29/default-calendar/2025-global-conference-on-climate-and-health]
Tuesday, 29 July
Strengthening health systems for migrant and displaced populations in the context of climate change
12.00 to 13.30 CEST on 29 July 2025, webinar
The seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series, titled Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change will be launched in this webinar.
The report draws on a review of 95 health system interventions across six WHO regions, and identifies effective strategies, research gaps, and key policy directions for building climate-resilient, migrant-inclusive health systems. Participants in the webinar will explore evidence-based strategies and policy solutions designed to meet the urgent and complex needs of migrant and displaced populations in a changing climate.
Further information and registration: here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/07/29/default-calendar/7th-gehm-report-launch–strengthening-health-systems-for-migrant-and-displaced-populations-in-the-context-of-climate-change].
Thursday, 31 July
Prevention and control of snakebite envenoming webinar series:
Effective Approaches to Treating and Managing Snakebite Envenoming Cases
08.30 GMT/10.30 CEST/14.00 IST
The final webinar in the Prevention and control of snakebite envenoming webinar series [https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/events/detail/2025/07/17/south-east-asia-events/webinar-series-on-prevention-and-control-of-snakebite-envenoming] will be held on Thursday, 31 July, under the theme Effective Approaches to Treating and Managing Snakebite Envenoming Cases.
Further information and registration: [https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OPwbLGsKTmudtJk0n2LHgg]
01 to 07 August 2025
World Breastfeeding Week 2025: Invest in breastfeeding, invest in the future
Under the banner of WHO’s ongoing Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures [https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2025] campaign, World Breastfeeding Week will shine a particular spotlight on the ongoing support women and babies need from the healthcare system through their breastfeeding journey.
This means ensuring every mother has access to the support and information she needs to breastfeed as long as she wishes to do so – by investing in skilled breastfeeding counselling, enforcing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, and creating environments—at home, in healthcare, and at work—that support and empower women.
This isn’t just about doing what’s right—it’s also smart economics. Breastfeeding delivers a hopeful future not only for children, but for societies. It reduces healthcare costs, boosts cognitive development, strengthens economies, and sets children up with healthy beginnings.
More about the campaign: here [https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-breastfeeding-week/2025].
Stories of interest:
Timor-Leste certified malaria-free by WHO [https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2025-timor-leste-certified-malaria-free-by-who], 24 July 2025 WHO and UNODC release landmark report on contaminated medicines, urging action to protect patients from preventable harm [https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2025-who-and-unodc-release-landmark-report-on-contaminated-medicines–urging-action-to-protect-patients-from-preventable-harm#:~:text=The%20World%20Health%20Organization%20(WHO,health%20of%20countless%20patients%2C%20predominantly], 24 July 2025 WHO unveils health and environment scorecards for 194 countries [https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2025-who-unveils-health-and-environment-scorecards-for-194-countries], 24 July 2025 First-ever guidance for Triple Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B [https://www.who.int/news/item/23-07-2025-first-ever-guidance-for-triple-elimination-of-hiv-syphilis-and-hbv], 23 July 2025 PAHO supports Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [https://www.paho.org/en/news/23-7-2025-paho-supports-cervical-cancer-elimination-initiative-saint-vincent-and-grenadines], 23 July 2025 Trauma care in Ukraine: “This is our battlefield, and we must win” [https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/feature-stories/item/trauma-care-in-ukraine—this-is-our-battlefield–and-we-must-win], 22 July 2025 Families return, trust rebuilds, and vaccines protect children in Khan Shaykhun, Syria [https://www.emro.who.int/syria/news/families-return-trust-rebuilds-and-vaccines-protect-children-in-khan-shaykhun.html], 21 July 2025 WHO operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah, Gaza [https://www.emro.who.int/opt/news/who-operations-compromised-following-attacks-on-warehouse-and-facility-sheltering-staff-and-families-in-deir-al-balah-gaza.html], 21 July 2025
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