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Thursday, 1 October 2026 | Issue 371 Community Health Promoter Vugutsa Scholastica educates a group of women in Asha Akinyi's neighborhood about the importance of cancer screening. This scene captures essential community mobilization and health education work. 
Friday, 2 October Release of the Global Health Estimates On 2 October, WHO will release its latest Global Health Estimates with updated data through 2023 on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, mortality and morbidity, as well as burden of diseases at global, regional and country levels, disaggregated by age, sex and cause. With key insights on mortality and morbidity trends, the estimates are a powerful tool to help understand how population health is changing and to support informed decision-making on health policy and resource allocation. 
5-8 October Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) Meeting The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) will hold their biannual meeting from 5 to 8 October to discuss recommendations on the use of a range of vaccines including diphtheria, HPV, mpox, polio and yellow fever, as well as an update on the progress of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD)-specific vaccine candidates, among other topics. Major recommendations will be announced and discussed during a virtual press conference on 13 October. A media advisory will be sent in due course. 
5-9 October 153rd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly Senior WHO leadership are expected to take part in the 153rd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, being held from 5-9 October in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania. The Assembly will provide a platform to advance good governance, including in health, to empower communities, including people living with disabilities. 
Tuesday, 6 October Embargoed virtual press briefing on the launch of the child and adolescent obesity guidelines 15:00 CEST The World Health Organization (WHO) will release new guidelines on the management of obesity in children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can deliver timely, evidence-based and people-centred care. Obesity is a chronic, relapsing disease. Its consequences can begin early, affecting physical and mental health, quality of life, social well-being and education. Preventing and managing obesity early in life is essential to protect the health of children and adolescents. An embargoed news release will be shared with journalists on the day and details on the press conference will be shared in due course. For further information, please email jinn@who.int with copy to mediainquiries@who.int.
New report on trafficking of medical products in Central Africa The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and WHO will jointly release a landmark report presenting new evidence and analysis on the scale, dynamics and impact of trafficking in medical products across Central Africa. The report sheds light on the significant risks trafficking in medical products poses to public health, economic development and security across the region. Ahead of the official launch, scheduled for 13:30 CET, a hybrid media briefing will offer journalists an opportunity to hear directly from experts, ask questions about the report’s findings and implications, and receive additional background and context. The media briefing will be held on 6 October at 10:00 CET at the UN House in Brussels. Journalists will be able to connect here. The report is available in French, with key findings also available in English. A full English version of the report will be published in the coming weeks, To request an embargoed copy of the report and/or key findings, please contact: mascheronisa@who.int with copy to mediainquiries@who.int. 
Thursday, 8 October New global roadmap to tackle pregnancy hypertension, a leading cause of maternal mortality WHO will launch the Global Roadmap for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 2026–2035 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Global Conference. The roadmap sets out a global agenda to accelerate prevention, earlier detection and effective management of conditions including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, which remain major causes of maternal and newborn illness and death worldwide. It calls for better methods for predicting and detecting disease, new prevention and treatment approaches, community-based strategies to identify women earlier and get them rapidly into care and greater accountability to close persistent gaps in outcomes, particularly in settings where women face the highest risks. A news release will be sent to media on the day. 
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