Co-chaired by Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol and Lithuanian MEP Vytenis Andriukaitis, this group brings together policymakers, healthcare professionals, and researchers to promote more equitable and sustainable immunisation strategies across Europe.

This initiative contributes to the European Health Union's goal of ensuring that EU patients have access to the medicines they need, when they need them.

An online collaboration space where professionals working in the prevention of infectious diseases come together, driven by the shared goal of integrating social and behavioural sciences in their public health work.

There is a need to share a new paradigm that shifts the healthcare model from a reactive (treating sickness) to a proactive system (promoting health), leveraging investments in health prevention.

ESWI participated in the EU Flu Day at the European Parliament, an annual campaign organised by the Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination highlighting the importance of vaccines against influenza, COVID-19 and RSV.

With promising developments in the field of respiratory viral infections, the conference sessions covered hot topics on seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza viruses, as well as other respiratory viruses such as RSV and SARS-CoV-2.

Health is one of the main issues on the minds of voters (32%) together with the fight against poverty and social exclusion (33%).

The discussions highlighted the crucial role of prevention, treatment and access to immunisation programmes to raise awareness and decrease the cases of RSV hospitalisations and deaths of young children and older adults.