Edited by Nancy Gravesen 2016 One of the key strengths of the Regions for Health Network (RHN) is that it enables proactive collaboration among its members by sharing timely and valuable information, experiences, advice and knowledge. Member regions help each other and compare notes to see how good practices and valuable policies can be implemented. Having local authorities and […]

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World Health Organization 2011 The Consolidated Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the WHO European Region, 2011-2015 Since I took office as the WHO Regional Director for Europe, I have intensified our support for Member States in their efforts to improve public health, prevent disease and provide equitable access to […]

World Health Organization 2016 This roadmap has been developed to guide Member States of the WHO European Region and partners, including funding and bilateral agencies and civil society organizations, on how to contribute to sound implementation of the tuberculosis (TB) action plan for the WHO European Region 2016–2020 (which was endorsed by the WHO Regional Committee for […]

World Health Organization 2018 Population movement is one of the defining phenomena of our time. In today’s world, marked by economic inequalities, easily transmissible information and ease of travel, more people readily move in search of better living conditions for themselves and their families.

By Mikhail Ejov, Vladimir Davidyants, Andrei Zvantsov 2014

By Kevin D. Shield, Margaret Rylett and Jürgen Rehm 2016 Trends in alcohol consumption and attributable mortality in the WHO European Region, 1990–2014 I am pleased to present this report, which gives an overview of alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable mortality in the WHO European Region during the period 1990–2014. The European Region was the first to adopt an […]

Edited by David McDaid, Franco Sassi and Sherry Merkur 2015 Today, the economic case for investing in health promotion and noncommunicable disease prevention is stronger than it has ever been. Chronic noncommunicable diseases are the main cause of death and disability. Yet the main risk factors associated with chronic diseases are largely preventable, and this book provides compelling evidence […]

By: Lisa Schölin 2016 In 2016, the European Commission and the WHO Regional Office for Europe started a three year project to monitor the situation on alcohol in the European Union (EU). One of the outcomes of this work is the current report on prevention of alcohol exposure during pregnancy. Protecting the unborn child from alcohol during pregnancy […]

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