Twenty-second Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europefourth session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–17 May 2015

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Regional DirectorFourth session

of the Twenty-second Standing

Committee

of the Regional Committee

16 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Twenty-second Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europefourth session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–17 May 2015

Global Policy Group

• Ebola virus disease outbreak

• WHO reform in emergencies

• Health on the post-2015 agenda

• Review of proposed programme

budget for 20162017

Twenty-second Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europefourth session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–17 May 2015

Major events

• European environment and health process mid-

term review, Haifa, Israel, 2829 April

• Meeting on health in foreign policy and

development cooperation, Berlin, Germany,

2829 April

• Meeting on intersectoral collaboration with

education and social sector, Paris, France,

24 April

Twenty-second Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europefourth session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–17 May 2015

Major events

• European Advisory Committee on Health

Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1516 April

• European Union: informal meeting of health

ministers, Riga, Latvia, 2021 April

• Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on

Tuberculosis and Its Multi-drug Resistance,

Riga, 3031 March

Twenty-second Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europefourth session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–17 May 2015

Major events

• World Health Day on food safety, 7 April

• 10th European Immunization Week,

2025 April

• Celebration of Ignác Semmelweis’ work on

infection control