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Flash Report: Third meeting of the Public Health Expert Group (PHEG)
Chaired by DG SANTE, EU Member States agreed on prioritising for 2024-2026: health promotion & prevention of non-communicable diseases; healthy longevity/lifelong prevention; vaccine-preventable diseases & vaccination; and long COVID, amongst others.
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EPI-WIN Webinar: Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Control: National and Regional Perspectives
This webinar provides an overview of WHO resources available to support countries in developing/strengthening their programmes and highlight examples of national and regional good practices for seasonal influenza prevention and control.
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Over 40 million health professionals demand bold health and climate action at COP28
On the first-ever Health Day at a COP, more than 40 million health professionals from around the globe joined the call to action by the WHO and civil society organizations, to prioritize health in climate negotiations at COP28.
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COP28: climate crisis is a health crisis, say scientific and health-focused organisations and experts
ESWI endorses a joint statement initiated by ERS and ELF to prioritise action to mitigate but also adapt to the health effects of climate change, to prepare societies and communities for a much more complex future.
A Fragile State of Preparedness: 2023 Report on the State of the World's Preparedness
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) 2023 Report points out that global preparedness for pandemics and other disease outbreaks remains inadequate, making four key recommendations to urgently strengthen global preparedness.
The European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS)
This interactive dashboard provides a weekly integrated epidemiological summary for influenza, RSV and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 for the EU/EEA and the WHO European Region
EU Countries miss flu vaccination target (except for one)
European health ministers agreed on a target of vaccinating 75% of older people in 2009 ‒ almost all countries are still falling short.
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Policy Recommendations for Empowering healthcare professionals for everyone’s protection
Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination releases on the EU Flu Day a set of Policy Recommendations for the EU and national governments to expand influenza vaccine uptake.
Seasonal influenza vaccination recommendations and coverage rates in EU/EEA Member States
An overview of vaccination recommendations for 2021-22 and coverage rates for the 2018–19 to 2020–21 influenza seasons.
WHO/Europe, EC and ECDC urge eligible groups to get vaccinated or boosted to save lives this autumn and winter
Last year’s autumn and winter seasons were unpredictable. Last winter, the cumulative impacts of influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV hit the very young and the very old the hardest.
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9th Influenza Conference 2023
The Ninth ESWI Influenza Conference: Highlights
ESWI 2023: 10 key take home messages