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Title: Access to vaccination for refugees from Ukraine needed to protect the most vulnerable among them from vaccine-preventable diseases
Description: Protecting the health of all, including refugees, is a priority concern for WHO as the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold. WHO is working with countries of the European Region to strengthen health system capacity to accommodate large numbers of refugees and ensure access to essential health services. Among many other health needs, refugees require access to vaccines.
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Title: Putting health at the centre of post-COVID recovery: WHO European Region faces stark choices that will shape its future
Description: Given the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO European Region, countries face daunting challenges in tackling health inequities and achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. But a critical window of opportunity still exists if governments and health authorities take necessary actions, according to the flagship European Health Report 2021, released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe today.
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Title: European Technical Advisory Group updates recommendations for prioritization and use of COVID-19 vaccines
Description: The European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (ETAGE) met virtually on 14 March 2022 to update its recommendations for Member States of the WHO European Region on prioritization and use of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Title: Slovenia: working with civil society to better support and integrate refugees and migrants during the pandemic
Description: For refugees and migrants in Slovenia, the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the constraints and distress they have experienced as a result of fleeing hardship in their countries of origin.
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Title: WHO/Europe advisory group issues revised recommendations on schooling during COVID-19
Description: The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on schooling during COVID-19, an advisory body to WHO/Europe, has published its latest set of recommendations on children and adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic. These recommendations replace and update the previous ones issued in June 2021.
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Title: The Republic of Moldova continues tuberculosis treatment for Ukrainian refugees
Description: “We were woken up at night by explosions. They continued into the morning. There was smoke and military gear on the street. We understood that the war had begun. It was scary.”