🤝 Special thanks to Joanna Salvi Le Garrec, the #BetterLabsForBetterHealth team, Abebayehu Assefa Mengistu of the #WHEBalkanHub and facilitators for their commitment.

Learn more about #GLLP 👉 bit.ly/3zs63b0

#RiskCommunication #GlobalHealth #CapacityBuilding #LaboratoryLeadership #WHO

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📚 The sessions, covering General Communication Skills, Media Relations, & Risk Communication, were designed to enhance public health emergency preparedness. Practical, engaging, and future-focused!💡

#GLLP #HealthEmergencyPreparedness #WHO #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact #UnitedActionForBetterHealth

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Key outcomes:

✅ Trained 20+ #GLLP facilitators.
✅ Strengthened skills in risk communication, media, and messaging.
✅ Provided tools, templates, and case studies for real-world practice.

#RiskCommunication #GlobalHealth #BetterLabsForBetterHealth #LaboratoryLeadership #WHEBalkanHub #WHOImpact

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🔜 Next: Finalizing and implementing the 🇽🇰 All-Hazards RCCE-IM Plan to build a stronger, more resilient emergency response.

#EmergencyPreparedness #WHEBalkanHub #WHOPristinaOffice #FaikHoti #IsmeHumolli #BukurijeSeljimi

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📅 Over 3 days in Pristina, 3️⃣0️⃣+ experts from health, civil protection, academia and CSOs worked with @who.int to prioritize needs and draft 🇽🇰’s RCCE-IM strategy—a comprehensive plan ready for adoption! 💪

🤝 Big thanks to #WHOPristinaOffice & all stakeholders! #Teamwork #Preparedness #WHEBalkanHub

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🎯 Milestone Achieved!

🇽🇰 now has the first-ever All-Hazards RCCE-IM Plan in the WHO European Region!

🌐 This blueprint strengthens health emergency preparedness and sets a model for others to follow.

#HealthSecurity #RCCE #WHO #WHOPristinaOffice #WHEBalkanHub #EmergencyPreparedness

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🔑 Highlights from the event:

✅ Mapping community structures & using WHO tools.
✅ Build on COVID-19 lessons for engaging marginalized groups.
✅ Practical steps for Ministry of Health 🇲🇰, #WHOMacedonia and CSOs to boost immunization & emergency preparedness.

@whoeurope.bsky.social #WHEBalkanHub

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📢 Emergencies start and end with communities.

#COVID19 and other crises taught us: #Communities aren’t just beneficiaries—they’re essential partners in preparedness, response & recovery.

🤝 Trust, engagement & participation are 🔑 to effective health emergency response.

#WHO #WHEBalkanHub

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Over three years, the project achieved remarkable milestones:

✅ 2⃣1⃣+ workshops for 5⃣0⃣0⃣+ stakeholders.
✅ Enhanced Public Health Emergency Operations Centers.
✅ Strengthened RCCE-IM capacities.
✅ Cross-border cooperation on health threats.

#WHOImpact #WHEBalkanHub #UnitedActionForBetterHealth

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In Skopje 🇲🇰, #WHO & #EU celebrated a milestone in health emergency preparedness across the #WesternBalkans. This EU-WHO joint initiative brought together 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇽🇰 and partners, including @ecdc.europa.eu & #RKI, to enhance resilience safeguard health. #WHEBalkanHub
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Looking ahead, our priorities are clear:

✅ Empower local influencers & amplify voices.
✅ Strengthen coordination among health institutions, NGOs, & frontline workers.
✅ Use digital tools for accurate, timely communication.

#WHOImpact #WHOEurope #WHEBalkanHub #CommunityEngagement

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👉#NAPHS is a prioritized costed plan to improve 🇽🇰 #health #security by providing a 🎯roadmap for strengthening its systems to prevent and respond to #health #emergencies.

#UnitedActionForBetterHealth #HealthForAll #WHOImpact #Preparedness #Readiness #WHEBalkanHub #EUKosovo #EUNear #WHOEurope

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🤝 Proud to join #WHO Pristina Office colleagues & health authorities as 🇽🇰Kosovo* marks a major milestone in #health #security with the launch of its Action Plan for Health Security (#NAPHS). A stronger health system means better protection for all. #WHEBalkanHub

*In line with UNSCR 1244 (1999)

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