An interview with Ilona Kickbusch, global health expert and EHFG Vice-President, about the European Health Union and the role of the European Union in global health policy.
Health policies
An interview with Elena Moro, President of the European Academy of Neurology, on a holistic understanding of “brain health”, the huge potential of prevention and health promotion, as well as the goals of the Brain Health Mission.
Healthy Europe asked prominent decision-makers whether the social contract and solidarity in general is under threat in Europe and about their vision for health and society for 2040. Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Minister of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection of Austria, Herwig Ostermann, Executive Director of Gesundheit Österreich GmbH, and Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems of WHO/Europe responded.
Healthy Europe asked three Young Gasteiners what is necessary to heal Europe’s fractured social contract and about their vision for health and society for 2040.
In this interview, we spoke to Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat from the WHO Regional Office for Europe about why democracies are good for our health, what should be done to counteract the “infodemic”, and why trust in health systems is essential.
Health-harming products cause illness, suffering and death among many people. Better regulation is needed for production and sales.
Citizen participation in decision-making that relates to a country’s health system can help to improve it – as long as the process is genuine and the findings are taken seriously.
Vesna Kerstin Petrič from the Slovenian Ministry of Health talks about how social participation should be used above all to reach vulnerable groups and to include them so health services can be shaped better to their needs.
A profile of Josep Figueras, who has served as Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and […]
Clemens Martin Auer, President of the European Health Forum Gastein, in an interview about the main topic of the European Health Forum Gastein 2024 and how investing in healthcare can help to counter the current threat to democracies.