Activities

WHO/Europe, including the staff of WHO country offices, works closely with Member States (policy-makers, their professional staff and advisers) and other stakeholders, to develop close collaboration between countries on malaria elimination: sharing experience and evidence-based policy and action.

World Malaria Day

25 April
WHO meeting on regional framework for control and prevention of soil transmitted helminths

16-17 September 2013, Bonn, Germany
WHO regional training course on malaria elimination and certification

10-21 June 2013, Baku, Azerbaijan
WHO meeting for a strategic action plan to eliminate soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in children in Europe

17–18 December 2012, Bonn, Germany
WHO training course

10–14 December 2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Second meeting of project steering committee

26–28 November 2012, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Informal consultation on the draft regional action plan on invasive mosquito vectors in Europe

16 November 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fifth International training course on malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation

1–21 October 2012, Moscow, Russian Federation
Regional meeting on integrated vector management

21–23 August 2012, Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Project to improve epidemiological data on leishmaniasis in Georgia

June–October 2012, Georgia
Assessment of the situation related to visceral leishmaniases (VL) in Tajikistan

May–September 2012, Tajikistan
WHO meeting to develop a regional action plan on invasive species of mosquitoes in Europe

6–7 June 2012, The Hague, Netherlands
WHO intercountry meeting on malaria control and elimination in Afghanistan and Tajikistan

7–8 May 2012, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Workshop on molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis

19–23 March 2012, Montpellier, France
Joint WHO (Headquarters and WHO/Europe)/ECDC malaria mission, Greece

10-15 October 2011, Greece
Intercountry meeting on prevention of re-introduction of malaria and certification of malaria elimination, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Armenia

10-11 October 2011, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Armenia
3rd Intercountry coordination meeting on malaria elimination in bordering areas of Azerbaijan and Georgia

21 June 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan
Cross-border meeting on malaria elimination between Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

1-2 November 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Intercountry coordination meeting on malaria elimination, Tajikistan and Afghanistan

11-13 October 2010, Kurgan-Tube, Tajikistan
2nd Intercountry coordination meeting on malaria elimination, Azerbaijan and Georgia

20-21 April 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan reaffirm cooperation on malaria

Joint statement and agreement on the next steps to be taken
WHO cross-border collaboration on malaria elimination

WHO meeting organized in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Government of Turkey, held in Antalya, Turkey
Progress achieved with malaria elimination in the WHO European Region

Meeting organized by WHO/Europe in collaboration with the Government of Turkmenistan, held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The move from malaria control to elimination

Meeting organized by WHO/Europe in collaboration with the Government of Uzbekistan and the United States Agency for International Development, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and resulting in the Tashkent Declaration