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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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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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
WHO Health Emergencies (WHE) #Balkan #Hub #Team of #emergency #officers meet to discuss the way forward on all-hazards #preparedness and #response
#ProudToBeWHO #WHOImpact #UnitedActionForBetterHealth #Ready4Response
#WHOEurope #WHOAlbania #WHOBosniaHerzegovina #WHONorthMacedonia #WHOSerbia
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#COVID19 #pandemic and other emergencies have shown us how crucial #RiskCommunication, #CommunityEngagement & #InfodemicManagement are to protecting
health & 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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Developing a framework to map #community #structures and #assets will help to:
enable understanding leverage strengths provide opportunities,
tailored to #emergency response for communities.
Participants shared practical experience from across countries and areas on what works and provided recommendations for the most effective RCCE-IM planning approaches to controll #health #emergencies.
#WHOImpact #HealthForAll #WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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A new era for respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness
World Health Organization’s 
#PRET (preparedness and resilience for emerging threats) Initiative helps countries better prepare for future epidemics and pandemics building on 
lessons learned from the #COVID19 #pandemic
#WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact #WesternBalkans #ProudToBeWHO
#UnitedActionForBetterHealth
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Teams reflected on the #RCCE response and identified lessons learned to ensure that countries in Europe are better prepared to face future emergencies, as we shift from emergency response to recovery, #BuildingBackBetter and preparedness.
#ProudToBeWHO #WHOImpact #WHOEuropeanOfficeForEurope #HealthForAll
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At the mark of WHO European Office for Europe‘s fourth year of the #COVID19 Pandemic and the entire health #emergency response, the #WHE #RCE and #Comms Teams met to discuss and plan for the future of #emergency and corporate #communications.
#WHOImpact #HealthForAll #RCCE #WHEBalkanHub
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Well-designed #RCCE interventions has been a major factor in the successful implementation of a variety of #COVID19 public health measures, from testing, contact tracing and hygiene measures, through to the roll-out of #vaccines.
#WHOImpact #HealthForAll #WHOEuropeanOfficeForEurope #WHE
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#Risk #communication and #community #engagement (RCCE) interventions are vital to saving lives during emergencies and that’s why #RCCE is becoming a core pillar in #emergency #preparedness and #response.
#WHOImpact #HealthForAll #WHOEuropeanOfficeForEurope #Comms #WHE #RCE #WHEBalkanHub
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