Events

Flu Awareness Campaign 2020

5–9 October 2020

WHO meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2020–2021 northern hemisphere influenza season

24-27 February 2020 Geneva, Switzerland

WHO infectious substances shipping training for national influenza centres

12–14 November 2019, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Flu Awareness Campaign 2019

21–25 October 2019

WHO meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2020 southern hemisphere influenza season

23-26 September 2019 Geneva, Switzerland

WHO meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2019–2020 northern hemisphere influenza season

18–20 February 2019, Beijing, China

Preparatory workshop for the evaluation of national laboratory capacities for the management of high threat pathogens

30–31 January 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

ESCMID WHO observership programme 2018

10–11 December 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

Visit to assess the virological reference laboratory of Ukraine’s Public Health Center

21–23 November 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

Workshop to finalize revisions to guidelines for influenza sentinel surveillance

29–30 October 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

Flu Awareness Campaign 2018

22 – 26 October 2018

Webinar for influenza focal points in Europe for start of the influenza season

19 October 2018, 10:30-11:15 CEST

Better Labs for Better Health 3rd Partners’ Meeting

9–10 October 2018, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Visit to assess the capacity of the national influenza laboratory in Cyprus

3–5 October 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus

WHO meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2019 southern hemisphere influenza season

24–26 September 2018, Atlanta, United States of America

Workshop on detection of and response to novel influenza viruses to support early warning alert and response network (EWARN) in northern Syria

7–8 July 2018, Gaziantep, Turkey

6th Joint WHO/Europe–ECDC Annual European Influenza Surveillance Meeting

6–8 June 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

Laboratory mentor’s meeting under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

23–24 May 2018, Prague, Czech Republic

WHO meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2018–2019 northern hemisphere influenza season

19–21 February 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop on seasonal influenza vaccination in south-eastern Europe

13–14 December 2017, Belgrade, Serbia

WHO laboratory training in influenza virology for Ukrainian National Influenza Centre

4–8 December 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia

Biosafety Course for National Influenza Centres

28 November – 1 December 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia

Visit to assess the capacity of the national influenza laboratory in Armenia

22–24 November 2017, Yerevan, Armenia

WHO training on influenza virus characterization for national influenza centres

24–25 October 2017, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Flu Awareness Campaign 2017

16–20 October 2017

Training in laboratory quality management and the WHO Laboratory Quality Stepwise Implementation tool for national influenza centres

9–13 October 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

Season starts for Flu News Europe

13 October 2017

WHO information meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2018 southern hemisphere influenza season

25–27 September 2017, Melbourne, Australia

Influenza virology training for the National Influenza Centre (Poland) in London

16–27 October 2017, London, United Kingdom

WHO Meeting of National Influenza Centres

17–19 July 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop on influenza surveillance data analysis and generation of national bulletins

27–30 June 2017, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Annual Influenza Meeting

20–22 June 2017, Stockholm, Sweden

Workshop to support pandemic preparedness in Bulgaria

7–9 June 2017, Bulgaria

WHO infectious substances shipping training for national influenza centres

Yerevan, Armenia, 30 May–1 June 2017

Training in genetic characterization at WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Francis Crick Institute

15–26 May 2017, London, United Kingdom

European Immunization Week 2017

24-30 April 2017

5th mentoring visit to National Influenza Centre in St Petersburg under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

13–17 February 2017, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

On-site practical laboratory training in influenza virology in Turkmenistan

13–23 December 2016, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Visit to strengthen laboratory systems in Ukraine

13–21 December 2016, Kiev, Ukraine

On-site practical laboratory training in influenza virology in Kyrgyzstan

12–17 December 2016, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Training in antiviral susceptibility assays at WHO CC for Portugal’s National Influenza Centre

13–16 December 2016, London, United Kingdom

On-site practical laboratory training in genetic characterization of influenza viruses in Uzbekistan

12–16 December 2016, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Workshop on rapid risk assessment of acute public health events

5-7 December 2016, Vienna, Austria

Visit to assess the capacity of the national influenza laboratory in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

29 November–1 December 2016, Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Inter-country workshop on pandemic preparedness for Newly Independent States

29–30 November 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework Meeting

28 November 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Workshop on influenza surveillance data analysis and generation of national bulletins

25-26 November 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Visit to assess the capacity of the national influenza laboratory in Montenegro

21–23 November 2016, Podgorica, Montenegro

Training in laboratory quality management and the LQSI tool for national influenza centres

31 October–4 November 2016, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

WHO practical course on virus isolation and antigenic characterization for National Influenza Centres

24-28 October, St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation

4th mentoring visit to National Influenza Centre in St Petersburg under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

24–28 October 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

WHO information meeting on composition of influenza vaccines for 2017 southern hemisphere influenza season

29 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

WHO practical course on virological methods for influenza virus isolation and characterization for national influenza laboratory in Turkmenistan

12–30 September 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

WHO practical course on virological methods for influenza virus isolation and characterization for national influenza laboratory in Azerbaijan

12–30 September 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

3rd mentoring visit to National Influenza Centre in St Petersburg under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

11–15 July 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

WHO practical course on virological methods for influenza virus isolation and characterization for national influenza laboratory in Uzbekistan

30 May–17 June 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

5th Joint WHO/Europe–ECDC Annual European Influenza Surveillance Meeting

14–16 June 2016, Budapest, Hungary

WHO practical course on influenza virus isolation and characterization for national influenza laboratories

6–10 June 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia

WHO course for National Influenza Centres on the principles of molecular assay development, validation and verification

23–27 May 2016, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Biosafety course for national influenza centres of central and eastern European countries

10–13 May 2016, Zagreb, Croatia

One-year milestone meeting of the south-eastern Europe quality assurance mentor programme for national influenza laboratories

9 May 2016, Zagreb, Croatia

WHO practical course on virological methods for influenza virus isolation and characterization for national influenza laboratory in Armenia

18 April–6 May 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

WHO Infectious Substances Shipping Training for national influenza centres

2–4 May 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

European Immunization Week

24–30 April 2016

WHO practical course on virological methods for influenza virus isolation and characterization for National Influenza Centre in Kyrgyzstan

18–29 April 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

National Influenza Centre in St Petersburg receives second mentor visit under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

29 February–4 March 2016, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Laboratory training on influenza virology in Montenegro

8–12 February 2016, Podgorica, Montenegro

Webinar for virologists from national influenza centres

15 January 2016, 11:00–12:30 GMT

Biorisk management and infectious substances shipping training

23–27 November 2015, Yerevan, Armenia

National Influenza Centre in St. Petersburg receives first mentor visit under the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

23–27 November 2015, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Third meeting of the joint WHO/Europe and ECDC working group on influenza surveillance characterization data

22–23 October 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece

LQSI mentoring training

14–16 September 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark

Introduction to laboratory quality management and the LQSI tool

7–11 September 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark

Strengthening capacities of influenza laboratory experts: WHO course for National Influenza Centres on Influenza Bioinformatics Basics

7–11 September 2015, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Influenza burden of disease workshop

29–30 July 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark

Outbreak response workshop for the countries of the South-eastern Europe (SEE)

8–9 July 2015, Budva, Montenegro

Strengthening influenza surveillance in Armenia

16–24 June 2015, Yerevan, Armenia

Strengthening capacities of influenza laboratory experts: WHO course for National Influenza Centres on Principles of PCR assays’ development and validation

25–29 May 2015, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

European Immunization Week

20–25 April 2015

Introduction to Laboratory Quality Management and the Laboratory Quality Stepwise Implementation (LQSI) tool

13–17 April 2015, Sochi, Russian Federation

Training course on laboratory preparedness for emerging respiratory pathogens

24–28 November 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Introduction to Laboratory Quality Management and the Laboratory Quality Stepwise Implementation (LQSI) tool

17–21 November 2014, Tirana, Albania

Launch of Flu Awareness campaign

30 October 2014, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Serbia

Scientific symposium: Epidemiology today between East and West

3–5 September 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Defining disease burden and decision-making for seasonal influenza vaccination

25–29 August 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework Meeting

8–10 July 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark

Workshops on safe transport of infectious substances and laboratory biorisk management

30 June–4 July 2014, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Orientation workshop: Creating capacity to implement TIP, TIP FLU and TAP

23–24 June 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark

Partners’ meeting on the Better Labs for Better Health initiative

17–18 June 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark

4th Joint WHO/Europe–ECDC Annual European Influenza Surveillance Meeting

11–13 June 2014, Vienna, Austria

European Immunization Week

22–26 April 2014

WHO regional meeting of national immunization programme managers

18–20 March 2014, Antalya, Turkey

Inter-country training workshop on vaccine safety management and communications

24–28 February 2014, Astana, Kazakhstan

Subregional workshop on Effective Vaccine Management policies and practices

25–28 November 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia

Workshop on immunization financing, vaccine procurement and regulations

11–15 November 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia

European meeting on generic and pandemic preparedness

20–21 November 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia

Flu Awareness Day 2013

6 November 2013