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Friday, 24 April 2026 | Issue 350 
Joint delivery of malaria vaccines and bed nets in Ethiopia, December 2025
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24 to 30 April World Immunization Week WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and partners are marking World Immunization Week from 24–30 April 2026 with a joint campaign, "For every generation, vaccines work," calling on countries to sustain and expand vaccination coverage at every age. A joint WHO, UNICEF and Gavi press conference to update on the progress since the launch of the Big Catch-Up initiative, was held on 23 April. The recording can be accessed here: https://who.canto.global/b/OJV0B Also see: Largest catch-up initiative delivers over 100 million childhood vaccinations More information: here 
Saturday, 25 April World Malaria Day On World Malaria Day 2026, the World Health Organization joins partners to launch the campaign: "Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must." This is a rallying cry to grasp the moment—to protect lives now and fund a malaria-free future. More information: here. 
27-28 April TB Vaccine Accelerator Forum WHO will host the first global Tuberculosis Vaccine Accelerator Forum from 27-28 April 2026. The Forum will bring together global, regional and country-level health leaders, stakeholders, funders, representatives of TB Vaccine Accelerator working groups and other vaccine development partners to review progress made, from product development through to implementation preparedness for novel TB vaccines for adults and adolescents. More information: here. 
27 April to 1 May Resumed sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement The resumed session of the sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement will be conducted in a hybrid format from 27 April to 1 May 2026. The outcome of the PABS annex negotiations will be submitted to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in May 2026 for its consideration. In May 2025, the World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement and established the IGWG to undertake several tasks, including, as a priority, drafting and negotiating an annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. This multilateral system will enable the safe, transparent and accountable access and benefit-sharing - on equal footing - for PABS materials and sequence information. Further information and webcast: https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/intergovernmental-working-group-on-the-who-pandemic-agreement 
Tuesday, 28 April 2026 Global Hepatitis Report The 2026 Global Hepatitis Report will be launched on 28 April at the World Hepatitis Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite being preventable and treatable, viral hepatitis remains one of the leading infectious disease killers worldwide. The report provides the latest global assessment of hepatitis B and C, which together account for over 95% of deaths from viral hepatitis, analyses trends and progress from 2015 to 2024, and highlights critical gaps and opportunities to accelerate progress towards elimination. The report will be launched at the Summit's opening press conference at 12.00 ICT / 05.00 GMT / 07.00 CEST on 28 April 2026. Journalists can join the press conference via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88362713714 
Wednesday, 29 April Traditional Medicine as Part of the Solution: Reimagining Primary Health Care and Universal Health Coverage in Africa Nairobi, Kenya and online, 08.30 EAT/05.30 GMT/07.30 CEST This session will explore how the safe, regulated and evidence‑informed integration of traditional medicine could help strengthen primary health care and accelerate progress toward universal health coverage. Organized by the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre and its partners, the session is part of the World Health Summit WHO Regional Meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 27 to 29 April 2026. Further information and the link to the session: https://www.whsnairobi2026.com/programme/ 
29 and 30 April Operationalizing One Health: from IHR amendments to the Pandemic Agreement EPI-WIN webinar This two-part webinar series will explain how One Health is reflected within the IHR and the Pandemic Agreement and what it means for IHR States Parties, and showcase concrete country and regional experiences on strengthening core IHR capacities to address zoonotic diseases through multisectoral coordination. Further information and registration: here. 
Thursday, 30 April State of inequality in childhood immunization 13.00 CEST, webinar Over the past decade, WHO has produced a series of global analyses of inequalities in immunization, including a global report on the state of inequality in childhood immunization. A recent article, published in Vaccines, provides the first comprehensive global update in nearly a decade on within‑country inequalities in childhood immunization, assessing trends across up to 92 countries, areas and territories. The findings will be discussed in this webinar featuring experts from WHO, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Further information and registration: here. 
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