13-15 June, Pune: The Armed Forces organised a conference to raise awareness and present solutions to alleviate the impacts of climate change on human and planetary health. Last month, 77th World Health Assembly called for decisive action to confront this profound and imminent threat to global health. WHO is supporting countries in building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems and implementing cross-sectoral actions for climate-change adaptation.

8-9 May, New Delhi: A National Review Meeting for accelerating lymphatic filariasis (LF) was held in New Delhi for systematic review of findings from the mass drug administration (MDA) campaign in February 2024. The discussions identified best practices and actionable outcomes to formulate a robust plan for the MDA round in August 2024. WHO provides technical and field support to the government, including mobilizing medicines from donors.

25-26 April, New Delhi: A technical Workshop on National Strategic Plan 2023-27 and operational plan for high endemic districts was organised on 25 April to mark World Malaria Day. The meeting was attended by over 150 participants from all levels of government and partner agencies. WHO is assisting the national programme to reach malaria elimination goal through strengthening surveillance, quality assurance malaria diagnosis and treatment, integrated vector management, monitoring and capacity building.