Looking ahead, our priorities are clear:
Empower local influencers & amplify voices. Strengthen coordination among health institutions, NGOs, & frontline workers. Use digital tools for accurate, timely communication.
#WHOImpact #WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #CommunityEngagement
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#NAPHS is a prioritized costed plan to improve 
#health #security by providing a 
roadmap for strengthening its systems to prevent and respond to #health #emergencies.
#UnitedActionForBetterHealth #HealthForAll #WHOImpact #Preparedness #Readiness #WHEBalkanHub #EUKosovo #EUNear #WHOEurope
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Proud to join #WHO Pristina Office colleagues & health authorities as Kosovo* marks a major milestone in #health #security with the launch of its Action Plan for Health Security (#NAPHS). A stronger health system means better protection for all. #WHEBalkanHub
(*In line with UNSCR 1244 (1999))
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To prepare for, and respond to health emergencies in this age of #permacrisis, I had the pleasure to meet with our colleagues in Pristina to initiate developing an All-hazards #RCCE-#IM Plan 
#WHEBalkanHub #WHOPristinaOffice @WHO_Europe
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The World Health Organization’s #NAPHS is a prioritized costed plan to improve countries’ #HealthSecurity, providing a roadmap for strengthening their systems to prevent and respond to health emergencies.
#ZdravstvoMK 
#EU 
#WHOEurope #WHONorthMacedonia #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact
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Learning and 
working with #NAPHS will help advance health security in North Macedonia by engaging partners, securing resources and building capacities for the implementation of the #IHR (2005).
#EU #WHOEurope #WHONorthMacedonia #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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+ experts from across sectors in came together with support from #WHO and financial assistance from the #EU to develop #NAPHS, advancing health security by engaging partners, securing resources and building capacities for #IHR (2005) implementation.
#WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #WHONorthMacedonia #WHOImpact
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Privileged and honored to have joined out #WHONorthMacedonia Team in launching the national action plan for health security (NAPHS)
A milestone achievement ensuring the country’s health system can
protect its people from disease threats, as North Macedonia becomes the 
st country in #WesternBalkans to adopt a #NAPHS.
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Honoured to talk about lessons learned of engaging communities, communicating risks and managing harmful information in vaccination at the 5th “School of Immunization” hosted jointly in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (14-15 Dec) by #WHO Country Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the Ministry of Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institute of Public Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Public Institution Health Centre of Sarajevo Canton, with financial support from the European Union.
#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives
WHO Europe #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
The training helped develop health care workers’ RCCE-IM skills as now, more than ever, #WHO Member States realize the importance of RCCE-IM as a public health intervention in itself, with a significant impact on the success of preventing and controlling health emergencies.
#WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #EU #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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Evidence-based #RiskCommunication, #CommunityEngagement and #InfodemicManagent is crucial to effective health emergency response
To better prepare for, and respond to future emergencies, 
health workers attended a #WHO RCCE-IM ToT training (30 Nov - 1 Dec) organized with #EU support in Tirana.
#WHOEurope #WHOAlbania #WHEBalkanHub
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Building cross-border collaboration in health in the #WesternBalkans and surrounding countries
More than ever, the role of points of entry and impact of international
️travel on the spread of disease has become clear during the #COVID19 pandemic
#WHEBalkanHub #EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement
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The meeting was organized with support from The Task Force for Global Health, the CDC, the Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction and South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN)
Colleagues from WHO/HQs, WHO/Europe, WHO/Serbia and Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) participated as well.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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The meeting also provided a platform to promote and engage the #WHEBalkanHub team members in an open dialogue about PRSEAH and World Health Organization’s work to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
#UnitedActionForBetterHealth
#ProudToBeWHO
#PRSEAH #NoExcuses
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The 5th #WHEBalkanHub annual review meeting convened by Dr. Abebayehu Assefa Mengistu, Hub Coordinator, on 17-18 October 2023 in Tirana, Albania, discussed best practices, achievements and challenges to further strengthen implementation of #EPR activities in line with WHO Regional Office for Europe's #WesternBalkans #Roadmap for Health and Well-being, as well as the European Programme of Work (#EPW, 2020-2025).
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Thank you to Dr Pavle Zelić, WHO/Europe’s RCCE-IM TAG member, for his kind invitation, as well as to WHO/Europe’s RCCE-IM Regional Advisor Cristiana Salvi and Dr Abebayehu Assefa Mengistu, Coordinator of the #WHEBalkanHub for their support to present on behalf of the WHE/RCI Team in this forum.
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#COVID19 #pandemic and other emergencies have shown us how crucial #RiskCommunication, #CommunityEngagement & #InfodemicManagement are to protectinghealth & saving
lives
#WHOImpact #RCCE #IM #WesternBalkans #WHEBalkanHub #alimssimpozijum2023 #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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The EMT 2030 Strategy aims to strengthen the WHO-led #EMTInitiative in the WHO/Europe Region. It calls on health authorities & organizations to take a proactive approach to building their EMTs and other rapid response capacities and systems, utilizing the EMT methodology.
#WHOImpact #WHOEMTInitiative #WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth #EU
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Simply put, EMTs savelives.
#EMTs are an essential element for strengthening preparedness, response & resilience in #HealthEmergencies, and ultimately, for saving lives and alleviating the suffering of affected people and communities.
#WHOImpact #WHOEMTInitiative #WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth #EU
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So proud and privileged to have been part of the 1st WHO EMT Initiative Awareness Meeting in WHO/Europe!
policymakers, Emergency Medical Teams national focal points, and key stakeholders from the Western Balkans and Moldova, including NGOs & partners with European Union financial support, gathered in #Belgrade #Serbia to identify opportunities & methods to support the introduction of the #EMT initiative, in line with the #WesternBalkans Health & Well-being #Roadmap (2021/25), aimed at strengthening rapid response amid emergencies
#WHOImpact #WHOEMTInitiative #WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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