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The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” The campaign marks the anniversary of WHO’s founding on 7 April 1948, launching a year-long public health campaign.

ECDC together with the Latvian national authorities and the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF), completed an After-Action Review (AAR) to strengthen future preparedness and response to leptospirosis and other zoonotic disease outbreaks.

On 17 March 2026, ECDC supported a simulation exercise in Brussels, Belgium, designed to explore cross-sectoral collaboration and coordination when responding to a potential viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of chikungunya virus disease in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of dengue in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

WHO Member States have agreed to extend negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement, with discussions to resume in late‑April ahead of its scheduled consideration by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May.