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28 April 2025

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GOARN marks 25 years of advancing global health emergency preparedness and response

28 April 2025

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WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors

24 April 2025

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WHO calls for revitalized efforts to end malaria

24 April 2025

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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

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Launch of the Quadripartite One Health Governance Community of Practice

30 April 2025 12:00 – 13:30 CET

Launch of the Global Antimicrobial and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report: antibiotic use data for 2022

30 April 2025 13:00 – 14:30 CET

WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: empowering Community Health Workers (CHWs) through capacity strengthening for outbreak detection and response: lessons from the field

30 April 2025 13:00 – 14:00 CET

Twenty-fifth Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

5 – 9 May 2025

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5 May 2025 13:30 – 15:00 CET

World Immunization Week

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