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75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
Copenhagen - October 2025

EMEA Participation in the 75th session of the World Health Organisation Committee for Europe

EMEA News for October 2025

In 2023 the European ME Alliance received ‘ official Non-State Actor accreditation’ status from WHO’s Regional Office for Europe during WHO Europe’s 73rd Regional Committee Meeting (RC73).
This status permits EMEA to participate in WHO Europe Regional Meetings and to make official statements on agenda topics of interest.
EMEA aims to use this platform to improve awareness, recognition, and action for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) across WHO Europe’s 53 member states.

In October 2025, health ministers and high-level delegates from the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, as well as representatives of partner organizations and civil society, will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the 75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (#RCP75CPH).

Our aim is to raise awareness of ME with WHO and its Member States and ensure that ME is accredited the focus and attention it requires.
EMEA will issue four statements concerning ME - click on the boxes below for each statement -

EMEA Statement at #RC75CPH

Agenda Item 3:
Second European Programme of Work 2026–2030

29 October

EMEA Statement at #RC75CPH

Agenda Item 8:
A healthy start for a healthy life: a strategy for child and adolescent health and well-being in the WHO European Region 2026–2030

30 October

EMEA Statement at #RC75CPH

Agenda Item 9:
A strategy on harnessing innovation for public health in the WHO European Region 2025–2030

30 October

EMEA Statement at #RC75CPH

Agenda Item 10:
Ageing is living: a strategy for promoting a lifetime of health and well-being in the WHO European Region 2026–2030

30 October

Last Update: October 2025

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