| No images? Click here  Friday, 07 June 2024 | Issue 258  Photo caption: Tshering, a Bhutan Food and Drug Authority inspector, examines an apple at a Food Corporation of Bhutan auction in Phuentsholing, Bhutan, on 12 August 2023  Monday, 10 June Ranking food safety risks at the national level Webinar, 13:00-14:10 CEST In 2025, WHO is planning to release an update to the burden estimates of foodborne diseases at the national, regional, and global levels. This webinar will describe key components of risk analysis with a focus on risk ranking and how health metrics such as estimated incidence, deaths and disease burden can be applied as a tool for national risk ranking exercise. Learn more and register.  Tuesday, 11 June Are you ready for the unexpected? Keys for effective national and global communication on food incidents Webinar, 15:00-16:00 CEST Hosted by FAO, WHO and the WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), this webinar will feature a presentation on INFOSAN’s mechanisms for identifying, reporting, and responding to food safety incidents worldwide and celebrate the 20th anniversary of INFOSAN. The webinar will include a Q&A session with the online audience. Learn more and register.  Wednesday, 12 June Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2024 The Energy Progress Report outlines progress towards achieving clean and affordable energy for all -- Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), including clean cooking. It is a product of close collaboration among the five SDG 7 custodian agencies: the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO). The report highlights can be accessed here: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sdg7-highlights2024-041224-web.pdf. Also see: Global Stocktaking SDG 7  WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health: Webinar, 12 June, 09:30-11:00 or 15:00-16:30 CEST This webinar series addresses various climate change and health topics and aims to build capacity at a country level. The session on developing health national adaptation plan will be offered in two time slots to accommodate different time zones. Registration link, connection details and further information can be found here: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/04/24/default-calendar/who-technical-webinar-series-on-climate-change-and-health  Friday, 14 June "2023 Antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development: an overview and analysis" report The World Health Organization will release the “2023 Antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development: an overview and analysis” report on 14 June. It evaluates the pipelines of antibacterial candidates in different stages of development and to what extent it addresses infections caused by priority pathogens according to the updated 2024 WHO Bacterial Priority Pathogens. This report is part of the WHO’s efforts to prioritize and coordinate global research and development efforts to address the discovery void in antibacterial drug development. The embargoed report will be available upon request, please write to archerm@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int to obtain a copy.  Launch of the WHO guideline on 14 June, 13:00-14:30 CEST The new evidence-informed guidelines on fiscal policies to promote healthy diets will be released on 14 June to support WHO Member States in their efforts to promote healthy diets and improve the foods available to consumers, such as taxing foods that do not contribute to a healthy diet and subsiding foods that do. Unhealthy diets are a leading global public health risk, contributing to a rise in unhealthy weight gain and noncommunicable diseases including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. This is often compounded by a lack of access to affordable, healthy foods among vulnerable communities. The evidence behind the guidelines will be discussed at the virtual launch event at 13:00 CEST on 14 June – please register to attend. The embargoed publication will be available upon request, please write to palmquista@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int to obtain a copy.  World Blood Donor Day 2024 14 June The 20th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day will be an occasion to thank and recognize the millions of voluntary blood donors across the world who have contributed to the health and well-being of millions of people. It will also be a timely opportunity to highlight the continuous need for regular, unpaid blood donation to achieve universal access to safe blood transfusion, and to encourage more people to give blood if they can. Safe blood saves lives. Also see: campaign pages, Factsheet on blood safety and availability and Q&A on blood donation  Regulating digital marketing of tobacco, alcohol, food and non-alcoholic beverages and breast-milk substitutes: Legislate - Designing marketing restrictions fit for digital environments 14 June at 13:00 CEST This webinar will explore the challenges posed by legislating digital marketing in the context of tobacco, alcohol, food and beverages, and breast-milk substitutes. It is part of the webinar series that explores the challenges and policy options in the context of the recently released Restricting Digital Marketing in the context of Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Beverages, and Breast-Milk Substitutes: Existing Approaches and Policy Options. Please register to attend.  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