RC64 roundup
Over 4 days, 350 participants from 53 Member States and 40 NGOs and partners discussed 6 progress reports; approved 3 action plans on vaccines, child maltreatment prevention and food and nutrition, plus a strategy on child and adolescent health; nominated the WHO Regional Director for Europe for a second term and reflected on the Ebola emergency.
News
- WHO delivers medicines and medical supplies to Ukraine
- WHO welcomes United Kingdom’s donation of 700 hospital beds to Sierra Leone to fight Ebola
- Climate action co-benefits discussed at global summit in New York
- Highlights of RC64 day 4 – Ebola emergency update, food and nutrition action plan adopted, and six European progress reports discussed
- Europe leads the world in eliminating trans fats
Events
- 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
- International conference on prison health
- Regions for Health Network annual meeting
- International Healthy Cities Conference
- Subregional workshop on evaluating the algorithm for diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Regional Director
Data and Evidence
Regional Committee
64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
15–18 September 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
Emergencies and outbreaks
- Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
- Flooding in the Balkans
Publications
- Smart governance for health and well-being: the evidence
Governance for health describes the attempts of governments and other actors to steer communities, whole countries or even groups of countries in the pursuit of health as integral to well-being
- Preventing suicide: a global imperative
This report is the first WHO publication of its kind and brings together what is known in a convenient form so that immediate actions can be taken.
- Second joint meeting of experts on targets and indicators for health and well-being in Health 2020. London, United Kingdom, 3–4 April 2014