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World Malaria report 2023
by WHOThe World Health Organization (WHO) Response Preparedness (RePrep) workshop on preparedness for response to zoonotic outbreaks was held in Addis Ababa from 23-26 May 2023. The workshop is part of the RePrep programme that the WHO developed to support countries in developing a joint, intersectoral framework for zoonotic disease outbreak response. The workshop in Addis Ababa was among the first implementations of this programme globally and the first in Africa.
In response to the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Vector Control Response document (http://www.who.int/malaria/global-vector-control-response/en/), ARCTEC at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is working with The Global Health Network, the WHO and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop an exciting new initiative called The Global Vector Hub. The project is being part-funded by an EU H2020 grant as part of the recently formed ZikaPLAN consortium. We have been invited by the Wellcome Trust to submit an application for a Biomedical Resource and Technology Development Grant to help fund the website. We have successfully advanced through the first round of grant proposals. The full application is now being prepared and is due for submission on 3rd April, 2017. To demonstrate the need for the Global Vector Hub, we are collecting letters of support from potential stakeholders. It would be great if you could distribute this e-mail to your contacts and ask them to provide letters of support.
WHO Laboratory guidelines
by WHOThe attached report by World Health Organization and UNICEF reports that Maternal mortality has declined dramatically, but faster progress is needed. The report further highlights geographical disparaties in maternal, newborn and child survival.
This report by the WHO shows the current burden of childhood mortality, with some progress towards meeting MDG 4. However, this rate of progress is not sufficient to meet the MDG 4.