WHO | Week Ahead for media - 28 August 2026

No images? Click here Friday, 28 August 2026  | Issue 366   Subscribe to receive this weekly update   WHO response in Nepal, 26 August 2026 Communities across flood-affected areas are facing immense challenges as families cope with loss, displacement and disruption to essential services. WHO has dispatched medicines and supplies to help sustain health service delivery in affected communities © WHO  Wednesday, 2 September Improving survival from filovirus disease, including Ebola and Marburg (EPI-WIN webinar) 13:00 CEST, WHO EPI-WIN webinar WHO's Guidelines for the Clinical Management of filovirus disease, published in June 2026, cover diseases caused by Ebola, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Taï Forest and Marburg viruses. The guidelines provide 16 evidence-based recommendations on supportive care and clinical management, which reflect lessons learned from recent outbreaks and emphasize the critical role of early care in improving survival and recovery. Further information and registrations: here. *************** Evidence to impact: the past, present and future of research and progress in sexual and reproductive health and rights 14:00 CEST, webinar  To launch World Sexual and Reproductive Health Month 2026, WHO's Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) invites you to a flagship discussion exploring one central question: what does the science tell us about the role of sexual and reproductive health in overall health and well-being?   Further information and registrations: here. Friday, 4 September The 9th World One Health Congress 4 to 7 September, Lisbon, Portugal   The 9th World One Health Congress will open on 4 September in Lisbon, Portugal.  It will bring together experts from around the world to advance One Health science and policy.  Through parallel tracks addressing One Health science, antimicrobial agents and resistance, the science–policy interface and other critical topics, participants will exchange research findings and policy developments, discuss major One Health challenges and strengthen collaboration across the global One Health community. WHO and other members of the Quadripartite for One Health will participate; further information about the relevant sessions is available here. Also see: One Health Initiative WHO events of interest (full list here)  World sexual and reproductive health month 2026, 1-30 September Global Digital Collaboration Conference 2026, 1-3 September Second meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the SPECS 2030 initiative, 1 September Using the ICD-11 API: A Technical Briefing, 1 September Meeting of the Advisory group on the Global status report on eye care and vision impairment, 4 September Look ahead Tobacco and infertility: An overlooked public health challenge, 9 September (webinar) World Patient Safety Day 2026: Safe care for noncommunicable diseases, 9 September (webinar) World Suicide Prevention Day 2026: Changing the Narrative on Suicide, 10 September (webinar)   Latest news from WHO here Outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus here WHO events here Sign up for our newsletters here WHO photos available for media use here WHO media contact: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Do not reply to media@campaign.who.int as it is an unmonitored mailbox. Journalists may write to mediainquiries@who.int.         Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Unsubscribe