Featured event
2021: International Year of Health and Care Workers
01 January - 31 December 2021
WHO has designated 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers (YHCW) in recognition of their dedication to providing care during and despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has challenged health systems worldwide.
Major upcoming events
- 2021: International Year of Health and Care Workers
- Third High-level Meeting on Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Athens Summit on the Required Actions to Address the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Service Delivery Systems in the WHO European Region
- WHO/Europe training course on noncommunicable diseases: surveillance, implementation and evaluation
Major past events
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- World Food Safety Day 2021
- World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to Quit
- Spring European Testing Week 2021
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- Health for All Film Festival 2021
- Ministerial meeting on COVID-19 vaccine deployment and vaccination in the WHO European Region – review of vaccine uptake and reflections on the issues limiting uptake
- WHO/Europe online press briefing (delivered in Russian)
- European Immunization Week
- Virtual launch of new WHO report on alcohol control policies
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation update in the WHO European Region and advancing quality of care and patient safety
- World Health Day 2021 – building a fairer, healthier world
- World TB Day 2021: the clock is ticking, it’s time to end TB
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: understanding “long COVID” – post-COVID conditions
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- United Action Against Cancer, a pan-European movement from grassroots to government
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation update in the WHO European Region_
- Webinar on Migration Health Data Collection: using data to leave no one behind
- #WHOEuropeAnswers your questions on COVID-19
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation update in the WHO European Region (delivered in Russian)
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation in the WHO European Region
- International Migrants Day
- Universal Health Coverage Day 2020
- WHO International Healthy Cities Annual Conference
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: Update on the pandemic and preparations for COVID-19 vaccine deployment in the WHO European Region
- World AIDS Day 2020
- European Testing Week 2020
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
- World Diabetes Day – WHO addresses diabetes-related vision impairment
- World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- World Cities Day
- World Polio Day
- Webinar on environmental health inequalities: evidence for action
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation update in the WHO European Region
- World Mental Health Day
- Culture and Health webinar series 2020 – Happy birthday! Childbirth in the WHO European Region
- Global webinar on tuberculosis prevention and care in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Flu Awareness Campaign 2020
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: update on the situation in the WHO European Region
- 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (virtual)
- High-level virtual meeting on schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: first meeting of the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: situation update for the European Region
- World Hepatitis Day 2020 – looking forward to a #HepFreeFuture
- High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020
- Virtual briefing with non-state actors on the WHO European Programme of Work
- Director-General addresses EU on the response to COVID-19
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: digital health opportunities and risks
- World Refugee Day 2020: united to stop COVID-19
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: WHO/Europe launches online Russian-language media briefings
- World No Tobacco Day 2020: protecting youth
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: From the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 to long-term recovery – what lessons have we learned?
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: Using behavioural insights to understand how people respond to COVID-19
- Join European Public Health Week
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: How can we continue to tackle interpersonal violence during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day
- Virtual press briefing on COVID-19: key considerations on nursing homes
- World Health Day 2020
- World Tuberculosis Day 2020
- WHO Barcelona course on health financing for universal health coverage 2020
- The Future of Digital Health Systems 2.0: safe and inclusive digital health for all
- Healthy Mothers and Newborns: North Macedonia Rising to the Challenge
- WHO European Conference on Screening
- Culture and Health webinar series 2020 – What works? Complementary and alternative medicines in the ̏"biomedical world"
- Strengthening intersectoral stakeholder collaboration for the prevention of violence against children in priority countries
- Year of the Nurse and the Midwife 2020
