Video gallery
Statement - COVID-19: The stakes are still high , 1-07-2021
Statement - COVID-19: Learning from experience, 10-05-2021
Statement - COVID-19: A fragile progress, 20-05-2021
Statement – More Europeans now vaccinated against COVID-19 than have had the virus, 29-04-2021
Statement – Surging pandemic surpasses 1 million deaths in the WHO European Region, 15-04-2021
Dr Kluge talks with Ophelia, a tuberculosis patient, on World TB Day 2021
Statement – WHO European Region: COVID-19 case incidence on the rise as deaths edge towards 1 million, 18-03-2021
Statement – International Women’s Day: the need to build back better, with women in the lead, 04-03-2021
Statement – Update on COVID-19: WHO/Europe calls for action on post-COVID conditions/“long COVID”, 25-02-2021
Statement – Update on COVID-19: cautious optimism, 11-02-2021
Statement – Update on COVID-19: the pandemic paradox, hope and hardship in equal measure, 28-01-2021
14 January 2021 Statement – Update on COVID-19: a tipping-point in the course of the pandemic
Statement – COVID-19: a challenging start to 2021, new COVID-19 variants and promising vaccine progress, 7 January 2021
World AIDS Day video message: delivering good mental health for people living with HIV
Statement – Situation update on COVID-19: doing our share, a new horizon with technological and pharmaceutical development, and preserving the rights of children (delivered in Russian), 24 November 2020
Statement – Situation update on COVID-19: doing our share, a new horizon with technological and pharmaceutical development, and preserving the rights of children, 19 November 2020
Statement – World Polio Day: walking the last mile together towards polio eradication, 23 October 2020
Statement – COVID-19: an update on the COVID-19 situation in the WHO European Region, 15 October 2020
RC70 at a glance
Address by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge - European Region Congress World Physiotherapy Education, 7 September, 2020
World Patient Safety Day 2020: ‘our health and social care workers are not invincible - they need concrete support and better conditions.’
Statement – Risk of #COVID19 resurgence is never far away, but now we know how to target the virus instead of targeting society, 20 August 2020
Statement – Sign up to be part of a new culture of health, an economy of well-being, 7 July 2020
Statement – Digital health is about empowering people, 25 June 2020
Statement – Preparing for the autumn is a priority now at the WHO Regional office for Europe, 18 June 2020
Statement – Recovery must lead to a different economy, an economy of well-being, 28 May 2020
Statement to the CEI (Central European Initiative), 15 May 2020
Statement – Behavioural insights are valuable to inform the planning of appropriate pandemic response measures, 14 May 2020
Statement – COVID-19: collaboration, coordination, communication – Joining forces for healthier populations, 11 May 2020
Statement – During COVID-19 pandemic, violence remains preventable, not inevitable, 7 May 2020
Statement – We cannot allow the impact of COVID-19 to be amplified by neglecting other vital health protection measures, 30 April 2020
Statement – Invest in the overlooked and unsung: build sustainable people-centred long-term care in the wake of COVID-19, 23 April 2020
Statement – Vaccination must be maintained during COVID-19 pandemic to be effective, 20 April 2020
Statement – Transition to a ‘new normal’ during the COVID-19 pandemic must be guided by public health principles, 16 April 2020
Statement – Where do we stand today on COVID-19, and what have we learned? 8 April 2020
Statement to the press by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe 26 March 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark
Statement to Diplomatic Missions located in Denmark on COVID-19 by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, Copenhagen, 19 March 2020
Welcome address of Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe at the WHO European Conference on Screening, 11 February 2020
Dr Hans Kluge Acceptance speech as new WHO Regional Director for Europe
