Vaccines are a key tool to combat the global rise of antimicrobial resistance. Here’s why one of our key recommendations at #UNGA79 is to prioritise prevention and health promotion to tackle the silent pandemic of #AMR: bit.ly/3TAikBs

Vaccines need to stay ❄️ to stay effective. 🙏 to #EU support, 🇲🇩 now has the right equipment to safely move, store and administer #vaccines at the right temperature. #Everydosecounts to keep children and adults safe from vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Vaccines against 24 pathogens could support efforts to reduce the 5 million deaths associated with #AntimicrobialResistance each year. Find out more: bit.ly/48k06KR

Treating drug-resistant infections is costly. #VaccinesWork to reduce the need for: 🏥 long and costly hospital stays 💊 expensive second- and third-line treatment therapies 🩺 repeat diagnostics and testing. This saves money that could be used for other health treatments.

#AntimicrobialResistance is driven largely by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, such as antibiotics. Reducing the amount of antibiotics used every day is a key to addressing this threat to our health. More: bit.ly/48k06KR

Starting today 👉 WHO/Europe meeting on achieving equitable coverage with childhood vaccines! Experts from 🇦🇲 🇦🇿 🇬🇪 🇲🇩 🇺🇦 🇺🇿 🇽🇰(UNSCR 1244 (1999)) UNICEF Europe C.Asia Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance together to discuss progress and strategies to ensure all children have access to life-saving #vaccines🤝#Equity

Last week, we held a meeting on achieving equitable coverage with childhood vaccines 🧒 👶 We discussed progress, challenges and strategies to ensure all children have access to life-saving #vaccines alongside key partners UNICEF Europe C.Asia and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance 🤝 #Equity

#RC74CPH – Curious what this hashtag means? I’ll be using it frequently next week as Copenhagen (CPH) 🇩🇰 hosts the 74th session of WHO/Europe’s Regional Committee (RC74). From 29 to 31 October, health ministers and high-level delegates from the 53 Member States of the WHO

Today, over 100 non-state actor representatives met to discuss and launch an engagement plan to further strengthen working with WHO/Europe through: ✅ Dialogue ✅ Collaboration ✅ Institutionalization Read the plan here: bit.ly/4e2EbsD #RC74CPH

A heartfelt thank you to WHO/Europe and Hans Kluge for inviting me to deliver opening remarks at #RC74CPH on behalf of #Youth4Health Here's to a Resilient, Revolutionary and Radical European Region championing youth across all levels in the next 5 years! 🫶🏻💫

Welcome to the European technical advisory group of experts on immunization (ETAGE) annual meeting, starting today. ETAGE plays a vital role in reviewing progress to European Immunization Agenda 2030 goals and guiding WHO and Member States on policy. 👉 bit.ly/4fRem0b

As ETAGE reviews immunization progress and priorities, @RobbButler2 underlined the importance of the work: “Moving into EPW2 consultations with countries we will build on the role of vaccines as a vital tool in addressing health security, AMR, healthy ageing, UHC, PHC and more.”

The European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization guides action to control vaccine-preventable diseases in this Region. Special thanks to chair Ole Wichmann for his leadership and WHO/Europe - VPI team led by Jose Hagan for ongoing technical support to countries.

Poliovirus has been detected through routine surveillance of wastewater systems in 3 countries in the WHO/Europe Region - Germany, Poland and Spain - since September this year. While no cases have been detected to date, the presence of the virus underscores the importance of

Since September, poliovirus has been found in sewage samples in 5 countries in Europe, now including Finland and the UK. Where vaccination coverage is high, the risk of #polio disease is low. Ensure your family is fully protected. bit.ly/49wKiom #VaccinesWork

Recent poliovirus detections in Europe are a wake-up call: #polio is still a threat and vaccination is still vital to prevent outbreaks. Europe has been polio-free since 2002, but in just 4 months, poliovirus was found in wastewater systems from 14 cities in 5 countries -

#CervicalCancer is preventable & curable if detected early. Health workers play a pivotal role by: ➡️ delivering HPV hashtag#vaccinations, ➡️ providing screening & treatment for women and girls, especially in underserved communities.

📢 Your #health, your voice. Help us shape the future of health in Europe and Central Asia Join the next hearing on #ClimateChange & #Health. Sign up now: bit.ly/4fM9Nn7 📅 28 Feb 10:00 CET #EPW2

For an in-depth look at surveillance data on #measles and #rubella (Jan. to June 2024), #diphtheria and #pertussis (2023) in the European Region see the latest WHO EpiBrief 👉iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…