| No images? Click here  Friday, 31 May 2024 | Issue 257  Friday, 31 May World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) World No Tobacco Day 2024 will give a platform to young people across the world, who are urging governments to shield them from predatory tobacco marketing tactics. The industry targets youth for a lifetime of profits, creating a new wave of addiction. Children are using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countries and globally an estimated 37 million youth aged 13–15 years use tobacco. Hooking the next generation: how tobacco industry captures young customers  3-4 June The 155th session of the Executive Board takes place on 3–4 June 2024. Proceedings will be webcast from this page. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and to advise and generally facilitate its work.  Wednesday, 5 June Climate change impacts on health of pregnant women, children, older people WHO will launch a new collection of papers published in the Journal of Global Health, which document the scientific evidence on the health impacts of different climate hazards at key life stages. Together, they show that climate-related health risks have been crucially underestimated for younger and older people and during pregnancy, with serious, often life-threatening implications. Taking extreme heat as an example, the authors note that preterm births -- the leading cause of childhood deaths -- spike during heatwaves, while older people are more likely to suffer heart attacks or respiratory distress. Each additional 1°C in minimum daily temperature over 23.9°C has been shown to increase the risk of infant mortality by as much as 22.4%. By documenting the health impacts of different climate hazards for particular populations, from heatwaves to air pollution and natural disasters like wildfires and flooding, the researchers aim to help governments and programmes address health risks among these groups. Contact Laura Keenan at keenanl@who.int for access to the papers and interview requests.  3-7 June Two sessions with WHO behavioural scientists will take place from 3-7 June. 'Applying Behavioural Science in Health' at 3 pm CEST on Friday, 7 June will include the WHO Regional Office for Europe presenting concrete examples of methods, tools, frameworks and lessons learnt, providing a view to how behavioural science can effectively address pressing health challenges. This session will also include examples from UNAIDS and UNICEF. Speakers include:
Please register using the UN Behavioural Science Week website. You can download the sessions into your calendar using this link. Recordings of the sessions will be made available on the UN Behavioural Science Week website.  Friday, 7 June World Food Safety Day 2024 will be observed on Friday, 7 June with the theme of Food safety: prepare for the unexpected. Every day, on average, 1.6 million people become sick due to contaminated food. The aim of this day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, is to raise awareness of the importance of food safety and to inspire action. The campaign is jointly facilitated by WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This year also marks the 20th anniversary of INFOSAN –- a global network of national food safety authorities jointly established by WHO and FAO in 2004. Please see more information on the campaign page and in the communication toolkit.  7 – 21 June Webinar series: Regulating digital marketing of tobacco, alcohol, food and non-alcoholic beverages and breast-milk substitutes WHO recently released a new publication, Restricting Digital Marketing in the context of Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Beverages, and Breast-Milk Substitutes: Existing Approaches and Policy Options. The WHO Public Health Law and Policies unit (LAW) is organizing a webinar series to launch this new publication. The webinars will describe the challenges posed by digital marketing and present policy options to legislate, monitor, and enforce restrictions. Register for the webinar series here: Zoom registration. Details of the sessions:
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