Second European Programme of Work<BR>2026–2030 (EPW2)

Second European Programme of Work
2026–2030 (EPW2)

WHO / Hedinn Halldorsson

Emergencies

Hantavirus

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Climate crisis: extreme weather

Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

Ukraine emergency

Latest news

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2 June 2026

News release

Strengthening heat–health action plans to protect public health, with WHO guidance

2 June 2026

News release

EU and WHO scale up action to respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

1 June 2026

News release

Protecting every child’s future: how Uzbekistan is strengthening childhood cancer care

27 May 2026

News release

World No Tobacco Day 2026: the next nicotine revolution is already here

Statements from the Regional Director

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Regional Director

20 April 2026

Statement

Joint statement by European Commission, UNICEF Europe and Central Asia, and WHO/Europe, celebrating the progress vaccination has made in protecting public health for the past 2 decades

20 November 2025

Statement

Statement – No more lip service: it’s time for political courage to protect every survivor’s health and dignity

19 November 2025

Statement

Statement – Humanity must hold the pen: the European Region can write the story of ethical AI for health

5 November 2025

Statement

Statement – Safe water, sanitation and hygiene is a matter of survival, dignity and prosperity

Photo stories

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26 May 2026

WHO, Asia-Europe Foundation and Japan deliver critical equipment to strengthen hospital care in Ukraine

22 May 2026

Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak

Feature stories

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27 May 2026

World No Tobacco Day 2026: young people at Project Zero are fighting back against the tobacco industry

18 May 2026

“Here we have a catastrophic event”: interview with WHO’s Special Representative for Climate and Health

Multimedia

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Special Representative for Climate and Health in WHO/ Europe, Robb Butler

18 May 2026

“Here we have a catastrophic event”

30 October 2025

Young people talk about what they expect from their health care systems

29 October 2025

RC75: Address by and report of the WHO Regional Director for Europe

Podcasts

Special Initiative on Violence against Women and Girls (SIVAWG)

Special Initiative on Violence against Women and Girls

Events

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Strengthening alcohol policy through research and dialogue at the 51st Annual Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society

1 – 5 June 2026

Building tomorrow’s health workforce: 12th high-level meeting of the Small Countries Initiative

4 – 5 June 2026

Launch of new WHO Heat–Health Action Plans Guidance

11 June 2026

Protecting health in earthquakes: WHO Ministerial Conference on advancing health security through earthquake emergency management

1 – 2 July 2026

House highlights

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Training on data visualization, Power BI and AI prompt engineering

21 – 24 April 2026

A new WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine Development in Slovenia

12 March 2026

International Women’s Day 2026 “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL women and girls”

5 March 2026 09:30 – 11:00 CET

WHO technical briefing: novel tuberculosis vaccines and the Global Tuberculosis Vaccine Accelerator Council for countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

27 February 2026 10:00 – 12:00 CET

Partnerships