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WHO/Europe joins forces with members of parliament and civil society to end the TB epidemic by 2030 18-05-2021

WHO/Europe is helping Member States leverage high-level political will to position the fight against tuberculosis (TB) as a whole-of-government and whole-of-society priority. It is hoped that better coordination linking the highest levels of government with the grassroots of society will galvanize the implementation of political commitments to end TB.

Republic of Moldova first country in Europe to receive COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX Facility 10-03-2021

The Republic of Moldova received 14 400 doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine on 4 March 2021, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The Republic of Moldova is the first country in the WHO European Region to receive vaccines as part of the COVAX Facility global procurement mechanism.

Republic of Moldova prepares for COVID-19 vaccine deployment 04-03-2021

An unprecedented readiness drill was conducted in the Republic of Moldova in preparation for the arrival of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. The drill was organized by the national health authorities with support from WHO, in anticipation of the country’s first delivery of vaccines through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility.

COVID-19 response review in the Republic of Moldova informs next steps 24-02-2021

The Republic of Moldova is among the first countries in the WHO European Region to conduct a COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR). This exercise, requested by the Republic of Moldova’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection, has enabled the documentation of best practices and challenges, and has yielded recommendations for the ongoing response to the pandemic.

Getting resources to projects that matter – how WHO/Europe helped countries raise almost US$ 3 million from the Global Fund 11-02-2021

WHO/Europe is helping Member States to be more successful at securing support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by staging mock reviews of their funding applications. The process has led to 9 countries and territories obtaining approval in principle for just under US$ 3 million of funding to prevent and treat these diseases.

EU and WHO Regional Office for Europe join forces to ensure deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in six European countries, their largest collaboration in the European Region to date 11-02-2021

The European Union (EU) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe will work together in a major effort to support deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in the six EU Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The project, funded by the EU and implemented by the Regional Office, will cover all phases – constituting “end-to-end” support – of COVID-19 vaccine deployment and vaccination. It will also serve as a major investment to strengthen routine immunization systems in the six countries.

Countries strengthen health supply chains with support from UNICEF and WHO 08-02-2021

The WHO Regional Office for Europe and UNICEF Supply Division have extended their support to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Uzbekistan in optimizing the performance of their supply chains to ensure timely delivery of medicines and health products.