December 2022
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Football and flu
Watching the World Cup – in person or on TV? Protect yourself from getting the flu.
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Building country capacities in the Americas
Chile and Guatemala trial a new 16 point framework to improve and expand capacities for diseases caused by respiratory viruses, including influenza.
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Tip top training
GISAID and the WHO Global Influenza Programme held a Bioinformatics workshop on sequence sharing, data curation and data retrieval.
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Zooming in on zoonoses
The unprecedented scale of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Europe in the 2021–2022 season is a stark reminder that the threat of zoonotic influenza continues to loom large.
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Check out our newly released PIP video!
The video explains the PIP framework in an entertaining way. Enjoy!
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Trendy toolkit!
The influenza vaccination toolkit has been revised and the OpenWHO influenza course launched in English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese. French coming soon!
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EMFlu 2.0
Unveiling an upgraded tool to monitor the spread and severity of influenza in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.
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Progressing preparedness in South-East Asia
Reviewing progress and expanding pandemic influenza preparedness in the South-East Asia region: actions defined at stakeholder forum
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Saudi Arabian surveillance
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has built a nationwide integrated surveillance system over the past decade and hosted a side event at the 75th World Health Assembly.
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Rapid response in Bangladesh
Using lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has trained health professionals to rapidly respond to outbreaks of influenza or other respiratory pathogens.
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