EPI-WIN webinar: Seasonal influenza prevention and control: national and regional perspectives

6 December 2023 13:00 – 14:00 CET

The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages all countries to implement seasonal influenza prevention and control policies and programmes to protect the vulnerable. This webinar will provide an overview of WHO resources available to support countries in developing/strengthening their programmes and highlight examples of national and regional good practices for seasonal influenza prevention and control.

AI-featured interpretation will be provided in Arabic, French, Portuguese Russian and Spanish.

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Moderator

  • Dr Gina Samaan, Unit Head, Pandemic Preparedness Global Platform, WHO

Speakers:

  • Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Director a.i., Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention (EPP), WHO
  • Dr Joshua Mott, Technical Advisor, EPP, WHO
  • Ms Shoshanna Goldin, Technical Officer, EPP, WHO 
  • Dr Nizar Maswadi, EPI Manager, Ministry of Health, Jordan
  • Mr Francisco Nogareda, Consultant, Special Program Comprehensive Immunization (CIM), PAHO
  • Prof Hitoshi Oshitani, Professor, Department of Virology, Tohoku University, Japan

Questions and answers:

Participants will be able to submit questions during the webinar by using Zoom's "Q&A" feature. You may also submit them in advance by sending them to epi-win@who.int.