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Emergencies

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Climate crisis: extreme weather

Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

Ukraine emergency

Emergency health worker treats a conflict-affected baby in intensive care.

WHO flash appeal:
Syria emergency

Latest news

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16 July 2025

News release

WHO welcomes European Junior Doctors’ new policy on health workforce optimization

15 July 2025

Joint News Release

Childhood vaccination rates lag in Europe – fueling further resurgence of measles and whooping cough

4 July 2025

News release

New WHO report pushes for stronger tobacco control policies

4 July 2025

News release

Continuity of care: European Union and WHO install modular health facilities in Ukraine

Statements from the Regional Director

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Regional Director

11 June 2025

Statement

Statement – The climate crisis is a health crisis – and the European Region is in the hot seat

12 May 2025

Statement

Statement – Small nations, big impact: championing health, equity and innovation in a time of global uncertainty

28 April 2025

Statement

Statement – No health security without immunization: investing in a healthy future means sustaining public health gains of the past

7 April 2025

Statement

Statement – Every mother’s life matters

Photo stories

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11 July 2025

Chios on fire: one photographer’s view of a growing health threat

30 June 2025

A chance to catch up: how Kyrgyzstan is fighting measles

Feature stories

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10 July 2025

Bringing health to every home – door-to-door immunization campaign in North Macedonia

4 July 2025

Ukraine: European Union-funded primary health care clinics make an impact on patients’ lives

Multimedia

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3 July 2025

Research shows: health warning labels on bottles can reduce alcohol sales

3 July 2025

What arguments does alcohol industry use to water down labelling policies?

3 July 2025

There is no safe level of alcohol consumption: what does the science say?

Podcasts

Second European Programme of Work

Developing the second European Programme of Work

Events

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WHO Course on Policy and Leadership in Mental Health: building capacity for systemic change in Europe

20 June – 30 November 2025

Second hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health

1 September 2025

Third hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health

2 October 2025

Seventy-fifth 2025

75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

28 – 30 October 2025

House highlights

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2022 - Humanitarian crisis - Ukraine

Ukraine: national all-hazards strategic risk assessment using the WHO Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks

24 – 26 June 2025

Subregional technical workshop on health workforce migration in the Eastern Partnership countries

12 – 13 June 2025

Member States discuss first draft of the second European Programme of Work (EPW2)

2 May 2025

2025

European Immunization Week 2025

27 April – 3 May 2025

Partnerships

The WHO Regional Director for Europe, takes part in night outreach activities in Romania helping vulnerable people

Partnerships

Partnerships are essential for WHO to accomplish its mandated work. WHO/Europe collaborates with many institutions that support mission critical efforts and yield broad benefits to Member States.

Featured activities

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Improving infection prevention and control to prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance

Raising community awareness of antimicrobial resistance and enabling behavioural change

Building a sustainable and fit-for-purpose workforce

Building health systems that are inclusive for refugees and migrants

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Disasters

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Diseases and conditions

Mpox

Health interventions

Vaccines and immunization

Other

Vector-borne and parasitic diseases