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Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. UNICEF

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “As the northern hemisphere winter approaches, we continue to see concerning trends for COVID-19. Among the relatively few countries that report them, both hospitalizations and ICU admissions have increased in the past 28 days, particularly in the Americas and Europe.” WHO

Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and Commander-in-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official said, “conflict in Sudan is further exacerbating an already challenging health and hunger situation,” and it has “dramatically increased the number of people at highest risk of hunger – from 11.7 to 19.1 million people.” WHO

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, presented his annual report to Member States at the 76th World Health Assembly, saying that the end of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern is “a moment of relief and reflection.” WHO

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

As Malawi still grapples with the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in March, UNICEF warned that at least 573,000 children under five are at risk of suffering from malnutrition. UNICEF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.