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On 21 April 2022, the European Commission held the 5th meeting of national Child Guarantee Coordinators to discuss how Member States can ensure equitable access to healthcare and vaccinations for vulnerable children.

The RIVER-EU consortium expresses its collective solidarity with the international community in upholding the rule of law and condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On 22 November 2021, RIVER-EU partners held a bilateral meeting with the JITSUVAX project consortium to get to know each other’s work better and find a meaningful way to collaborate.

On 9 February 2021, a number of RIVER-EU consortium partners took part in the Non-State Actor consultation meeting on the development of the European Immunization Agenda 2030 (EIA2030), which is one of the flagship initiatives of the European Programme of Work 2020-2025. 

Together with other co-signatories of the Joint Statement, RIVER-EU calls for all European Union (EU) and WHO/Europe member states to take immediate action towards fulfilling the ambitious goal of eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem.

On 24 June 2021, the country coordinator for Slovakia in RIVER-EU project, Daniela Filakovska, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (UPJS) in Košice, spoke at the online workshop ‘Finding sustainable funding to build health equity in Europe’.

On 25-26 May 2021, RIVER-EU participated in an online event organised by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) to launch four new projects, co-funded under the 3rd EU Health Programme and the Horizon 2020 Research Programme.

Funded by the Horizon 2020 Research Programme, RIVER-EU (“Reducing Inequalities in Vaccine uptake in the European Region – Engaging Underserved communities”) is a 5-year (2021-2026) project coordinated by the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG).