
EU Commission Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): part of a strong 🇪🇺 #HealthUnion RT ≠ endorsement.
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Registration is open for the #HERAIndustryDays2026!
📅 23-24 November
📍 Brussels
Two days to exchange ideas, explore collaboration opportunities and connect with others working on health preparedness.
🔗👉 Register now: shorturl.at/Ble6S
🇪🇺🇮🇪 The HERA Board kicks off in Dublin!
Member States, #EU agencies and the @EU_Commission discuss:
🔹 Lessons from #Ebola & #hantavirus outbreaks
🔹 Medical countermeasures & preparedness roadmaps
🔹 EU #preparedness priorities
Thanks to @Ireland2026eu for hosting!
On the margins of the HERA Board, we met with Lithuanian Vice-Minister @IgnasRubikas to discuss preparations for the next HERA Board meeting under the Lithuanian Presidency.
Strengthening #EU cooperation on health preparedness.
#HealthPreparedness
Help shape EU’s #preparedness against chemical threats.
We invite pharma & biotech companies, research organisations and other actors to contribute to a survey on medical countermeasures for priority chemical threats.
Your input will help inform the upcoming #EU4Health 2026 call.
Register now to discover more at #HERAIndustryDays, Brussels, 23–24 November 👇bit.ly/4yj84iF
#Preparedness is a strategic investment in our security, prosperity & resilience.
We brought this message across discussions with @TheEconomist, @WHO & @CEPIvaccines, from resilient health systems & early warning to #Ebola response, vaccine R&D and stronger partnerships.
#WHS26
EU HERA retweeted
Last week in Ukraine, I saw the pressures its health system faces & what resilience looks like
At #WHS2026, I joined @ViktorLiashko @BMG_Bund & @florikafink to discuss lessons from Ukraine’s strong national leadership & investing in the health system during response & recovery
EU HERA retweeted
“Resilient systems stay resilient as long as resilient people are working in them,” Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health, Ukraine
At #WHS2026, today’s second keynote session, “Resilience in Healthcare: Experiences from Ukraine and Other Crises Contexts,” looked at how Ukraine’s health system has kept its key functions running through four years of war, despite attacks on facilities, a displaced workforce and disrupted supply chains.
Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), European Commission, explained why these lessons matter beyond Ukraine: “We cannot have the perfect plan for every crisis, but what we can do is, through partners, through lessons learned, at least be better prepared for crises we have not imagined.”
Carsten Linnemann, Federal Minister of Health, Germany, reaffirmed: “Germany stands firmly with Ukraine. You can count on us.” He also stressed that health policy has become an integral part of security policy, and that health systems must start preparing for war-related crises today.
The discussion showed that resilience is built long before a crisis hits, through the people who keep services running, through preparedness and through cooperation with partners.
👉 Missed the session? Watch the full recording: youtube.com/live/fijnuuzR6Is…
#WHS2026 #GlobalHealth #Resilience
EU HERA retweeted
Delighted to be in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪!
Looking forward to continuing working with the Irish Presidency to make Europe safer and fairer.
Ní neart go cur le chéile – there is no strength without unity.
🇪🇺 + 🇮🇪 = 💪🏼
No health preparedness without industry.
On 23-24 Nov #HERAIndustryDays returns to Brussels, bringing together industry, policymakers & international partners.
💊 Medical countermeasures
🤝 Funding opportunities
🔗 Security of supply
💡 Innovation
Be part of the conversation👇
📢 Deadline extended for the #EU4Health call for tenders to support the stockpiling of personal protective equipment and the reservation of manufacturing capacity.
New deadline: 8 December 2026
Learn more and apply 👉 hadea.ec.europa.eu/calls-ten…
🏆Three #HERAInvest-backed companies have been recognised as Innovation Champions by the @EIB.
🔹 @fabentech
🔹 @sniprbiome
🔹 Leyden Labs
From biological threats and respiratory viruses to #AMR, they're turning cutting-edge science into solutions that make 🇪🇺 better prepared.
#Preparedness means testing our response before a crisis hits.
At #REACT2026, 🇪🇺 countries, #EU services, agencies and international partners are testing how to coordinate access to medical countermeasures during a cross-border radiological emergency.

































