| No images? Click here  6 June 2025 | Issue 307 © WHO / Martha Tadesse  June 2025 Parenting month: appreciate all parents throughout the world Parenting Month is celebrated every June to highlight the critical role that parents and caregivers play in promoting children’s development, growth and wellbeing. It is also an opportunity to equip caregivers with the knowledge and tools they need. Parenting is a learned skill and parents and caregivers require time, resources, and support in order to raise children in a nurturing and positive environment. More information on WHO’s work in healthy parenting.  Saturday, 7 JuneFood safety: science in actionScience is at the heart of food safety. It helps us understand what makes food unsafe and guides us on how to prevent foodborne diseases. The theme of World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2025 draws attention to the use of scientific knowledge as key to reducing illness, cutting costs and saving lives. Two hundred diseases are caused by unsafe food, ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. Due to unsafe food, 1 600 000 people get sick every day, on average. And the annual economic burden of foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries adds up to US$ 110 billion.  Tuesday, 10 June 2025 Launch of the WHO Global initiative on health equity for persons with disabilities The WHO Global initiative on health equity for persons with disabilities will be launched on 10 June 2025 from 11:30 to 12:45 EDT at a side event at the 18th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over 1.3 billion people have a disability worldwide, with many experiencing health inequities such as earlier deaths and higher disease risks arising from unfair and avoidable conditions within and beyond the health system. A global mechanism is urgently needed to better prioritize and collaborate on efforts to improve the health outcomes for persons with disabilities and towards achieving health for all. The new initiative on health equity for persons with disabilities aims to play this critical role. Visit the event page for more information.  Wednesday, 11 June WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: yellow fever in the Americas -- what we knowThis virtual meeting will take place from 15:00 – 16:00 CEST on yellow fever, a viral mosquito-borne disease, which continues to cause severe outbreaks, despite being preventable through vaccination. Currently, major epidemics in several Latin American countries (over 189 confirmed human cases reported in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia since the beginning of 2025) are expanding in previously unaffected areas. This indicates a new epidemiological pattern and heightens the risk of urban yellow fever. The Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) is a global multi-partner initiative aimed at eliminating yellow fever epidemics. While sporadic cases are expected in endemic areas, outbreaks should decline as the EYE Strategy progresses. Register here.  Thursday, 12 June Webinar: Achieving Sustainable Pandemic Preparedness by Design: The mRNA Tech Transfer Programme This high-level virtual event, to be held 18:30 – 19:45 CEST on the margins of the G20 Health Working Group meeting, will convene senior government officials, scientific leaders, civil society representatives, and donors for dialogue and renewed engagement on global solidarity in the context of pandemic preparedness. This virtual session will highlight the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme, with speakers presenting progress since its launch in 2021, outlining next steps and reaffirming commitments from global partners. Register here.  Stories of interest: WHO launches cholera preparedness and response strategy for Eastern Mediterranean Region - 4 June 2025 WHO donates medical equipment worth over US$640,000 to strengthen mpox response and health systems in Sierra Leone - 2 June 2025 PAHO calls on countries to prepare health systems amid forecasts of a very active 2025 hurricane season - 2 June 2025  WHO events here Sign up for our newsletters here Check out the WHO series, Science in 5 Catch a series that debunks misinformation around WHO and public health, Plot Twist Access WHO photos available for media use here  WHO media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. |
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