WHO | Week Ahead for media - 31 January, 2025

No images? Click here Friday, 31 January 2025 | Issue 289   Subscribe to receive this weekly update   Bulengo camp for internally displaced people, Goma area, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2023 WHO/Guerchom Ndebo Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory WHO work on mpox Latest news from WHO and WHO events page 03 to 11 February 156th Session of the WHO Executive Board The 156th session of the WHO Executive Board (EB156) will open at 09.30 CET on Monday, 03 February.  Shortly after, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will address the Executive Board and present his report. EB156 will be held from 03 to 11 February 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.  The agenda, meeting documents and the daily timetable are available in six UN languages here.  The public proceedings will be webcast live from this page. The main functions of the WHO Executive Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the World Health Assembly and to advise and generally facilitate its work.  A media advisory with additional details and information about access and resources for the journalists was sent on 31 January. For further information: mediainquiries@who.int  Thursday, 06 February International Day for Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation More than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and the practice remains common in some 30 countries around the world.  WHO will join partners in commemorating the day and promoting efforts to prevent the harmful practice.  A webinar titled STEPPING UP THE PACE. Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM will be held at 14.00 CET on 6 February (register here). Normally carried out on young girls, FGM includes all procedures that involve removing or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons.  It can have life-threatening consequences like infections or heavy bleeding, and cause lifelong complications for survivors, from mental health conditions to sexual disorders and difficulties during childbirth.  New guidelines on the prevention of FGM and care for survivors will be released later this year. Also see: Engaging health workers to help end female genital mutilation and FGM Factsheet Thursday, 06 February Thematic pre-Summit on health equity for persons with disabilities 13.00 to 14.00 CET, hybrid format (in person at UNAIDS, Geneva and online) The Thematic Pre-Summit on Health equity for persons with disabilities will take place on 6 February 2025, in the lead up to the Global Disability Summit 2025, to galvanize recognition that disability inclusion is fundamental to the success of achieving health and wellbeing for all. More than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities, or 16% of the global population, are among the most marginalized groups globally.  They experience a range of health inequities, including earlier deaths, poorer health and higher disease risk, due to unfair and avoidable factors within and beyond the health sector. Further information and registration: here. Selection of stories on WHO's work in emergencies WHO accelerates efforts to support response to Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda, 30 January Brazil, GOARN and PAHO train public health experts to work in the international response to outbreaks, 29 January Landmark cholera vaccination campaign offers hope to Rohingya refugee camps (Bangladesh), 29 January Over 5 000 patients transported through Ukraine’s medevac programme: baby Sofiia’s story, 27 January National influenza centres are the backbone of early detection and disease outbreak response (Cambodia), 27 January Health care workers in Aleppo and Idlib strengthen tuberculosis referrals and care, 26 January WHO supports cholera response efforts on the ground in Angola, 25 January WHO ramps up support for Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response, 24 January   WHO events here Sign up for our newsletters here Check out the WHO series, Science in 5 Access WHO photos available for media use here WHO media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Do not reply to media@campaign.who.int as it is an unmonitored mailbox. Journalists may write to mediainquiries@who.int.         Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Unsubscribe