| No images? Click here  Friday, 11 October 2024 | Issue 275  © WHO / Christine McNab  13 to 15 October 2024 WHO at the World Health Summit 2024 From 13 to 15 October, the World Health Summit 2024 will be held in Berlin, Germany and online, under the theme “Building Trust for a Healthier World”. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will speak at the opening ceremony and at the signature event on 14 October, dedicated to WHO Investment Round. WHO experts will be speaking and participating in multiple sessions and topics, including on health emergencies and preparedness, digital health and Artificial Intelligence, antimicrobial resistance, climate change and health, women’s health and youth leadership. The WHS2024 full programme can be viewed here and the list of speakers here.  Monday, 14 October WHO Investment Round Signature Event at the World Health Summit 2024 18:00 to 19.30 CEST, Berlin (Germany) and online “All for Health, Health for All: Signature Event for the WHO Investment Round” will be the signature event of this year's World Health Summit, a pivotal moment designed to advance a sustainably financed World Health Organization and accelerate progress towards achieving Health for All. In addition to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-Genera,l World Health Organization, high-level speakers will include Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Germany; Bill Gates, Chair, Gates Foundation; Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health, Greece; Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister of Health, France; Prof. Dr Karl Lauterbach, Minister of Health, Germany; Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; Dr John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome Trust; and Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Health, Norway. The event will be livestreamed by WHS and on WHO social media channels. Media contacts: Christian Lindmeier, WHO, mediainquiries@who.int and Christina Keppeler, World Health Sumit, communications@worldhealthsummit.org  Monday, 14 October Release of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board annual report “The Changing Face of Pandemic Risk” 09.00 CEST The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, co-convened by the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group to track and monitor global pandemic preparedness will release its annual report The Changing Face of Pandemic Risk at 09.00 CEST on Monday, 14 October. The report is offered to journalists under embargo, please write to jbutler@who.int with a copy to mediainquiries@who.int  Monday, 14 October Keeping patients and health workers safe when caring for patients with mpox (WHO EPI-WIN Webinar) 13.00 to 14.00 CEST, online The webinar will highlight the WHO guideline for WHO infection prevention and control (IPC) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health facilities when caring for patients with mpox and available tools. Speakers will also present an overview of the IPC measures that health and care workers should adhere to and outline a country's experience implementing these measures. Further information and registration: here.  Tuesday, 15 October Patient navigation for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer – launch of the technical brief 14.30 – 16.00 CEST, online October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this October WHO seeks to highlight the importance of early detection, timely diagnosis, comprehensive treatment for breast cancer and the importance of providing support for persons diagnosed with breast cancer including tools such as patient navigation. Further information and registration: here.  Wednesday, 16 October WHO urges expansion of lifesaving midwifery care for women and babies 14.00 – 15.00 CEST, online Strengthening midwives' role in maternity and newborn care services would save millions of lives each year while significantly enhancing women's overall experience of care, according to a new publication that will be released by WHO and partners. The publication, Transitioning to midwifery models of care: A global position paper, outlines the benefits and key components of midwifery care models, where midwives serve, within broader teams, as the main healthcare provider for women and babies during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Modelling shows that universal access to midwifery care could avert more than 60% of all maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths – amounting to 4.3 million lives saved annually by 2035 - and that even a more modest 10% increase in coverage could save 1.3 million lives each year. Further information and registration details for the webinar can be found here. Materials and expert interviews available, please send your requests to keenanl@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int  Wednesday, 16 October Launch of WHO handbook and case definitions for health care-associated infections surveillance 13.30 – 15.00 CEST, online The new WHO handbook on health care-associated infections (HAI) surveillance contains new simplified and validated case definitions and provides comprehensive guidance on the objectives, key concepts, principles, methods, and best practices of HAI surveillance. This practical handbook aims to help policymakers and infection prevention and control and surveillance professionals design and implement effective surveillance systems to measure the burden of HAI and take action for its prevention. Further information and webinar registration: here.  Other events of interest to the journalists:
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