WHO Will Host a Crucial Meeting Around Global Influenza

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a crucial meeting from 27 to 29 August 2024, aimed at updating the global public health research agenda for influenza.

 

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a crucial meeting from 27 to 29 August 2024, aimed at updating the global public health research agenda for influenza. This gathering of experts from around the world will take place at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

 

The meeting comes at a critical juncture as influenza continues to pose significant threats to global health security. With the ongoing need to improve prevention, detection, and response mechanisms, the agenda will focus on the latest scientific developments and emerging challenges in influenza research.

 

Scope and objectives

 

The overall aim of the meeting is to review the progress from all work streams and finalize the process towards the completion of update of the WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Influenza, with specific objectives to:

 

•  Review findings from systematic literature reviews commissioned by WHO and discuss progress made since the 2017,

• Review progress of the work by work streams so far, providing feedback and recommending adjustments,

• Identify and analyse knowledge gaps cross all work streams, and develop strategies to address them for the update of research agenda

• Produce a first draft of high-priority areas in influenza research.

 

In addition, high priority research questions for low- and middle-income countries will also be discussed.

 

The WHO meeting will provide new guidance and direction for global influenza research and public health strategies to address the ongoing challenges posed by influenza viruses.

 

For further information, please visit the WHO’s official website.

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/08/27/default-calendar/who-meeting-on-the-update-of-the-public-health-research-agenda-for-influenza