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Humanity over bureaucracy

A Dutch village where two Buurtzorg nurses are walking to a house
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Buurtzorg, the self-managed healthcare service in the Netherlands, is considered a model of success. It demonstrates how the structures in the health system can be improved for the benefit of patients and employees.

14 September 2023 Healthy Europe September 2023 EHFG

Inequality of this scale is a cancer

Group of multicultural youth activists shouting slogans and raising their fists during a climate change protest. Vibrant teenagers marching for climate justice and environmental sustainability.
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The countries and population groups that have contributed least to climate change are suffering most from it. Climate justice is about redressing the balance.

14 September 2023 Healthy Europe September 2023 EHFG

On track for a “true” European Health Union?

Portrait of Ursula von der Leyen attending the weekly meeting of the von der Leyen Commission on 11th September 2020
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has taken initial steps towards forming a European Health Union. Many public health representatives believe that further-reaching measures should follow.

13 December 2022 Healthy Europe September 2022 EHFG

Everybody needs hope and dignity

A mobile medical team of Friendship on a boat and a queue of female patients
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The organisation “Friendship” helps communities in Bangladesh. Its founder Runa Khan is also a supporter of “One Health” – the approach that health of humans, animals and plants is mutually dependent.

13 December 2022 Healthy Europe September 2022 EHFG

Working together to fight cancer

A patient ready for a breast MRI at Liège University Hospital in Belgium
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Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan takes a comprehensive approach and is designed to noticeably reduce the number of cancer cases in Europe by enabling increased prevention and better detection, diagnosis and treatment.

13 December 2022 Healthy Europe September 2022 EHFG

How European experts share their knowledge

The current 24 European Reference Networks of the European Union enable medical professionals to exchange knowledge of rare or low-prevalence complex diseases online, and thus improve the treatment of patients.

13 December 2022 Healthy Europe September 2022 EHFG

Innovative solutions to major issues

The European Health Forum Gastein is celebrating its 25th anniversary and remains loyal to its principles: being open to new ideas and working together to find innovative solutions to major issues. The theme for the EHFG 2022 is: “A moonshot for a true European Health Union – If not now, when?”

13 December 2022 Healthy Europe September 2022 EHFG

Sharing knowledge in the heart of Europe

Berlin skyline panorama with TV tower and Spree river at sunset
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At the 15th European Public Health Conference, participants will finally be able to meet up again in person. The theme of the conference has increased in importance due to the COVID-19 pandemic: it will explore how our health systems can be strengthened.

1 November 2022 Healthy Europe November 2022 EPH Conference

Celebrating EUPHA’s 30th anniversary

The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) was founded in 1992. Since then, it has evolved into a well-established organisation that is represented in 47 countries of the WHO’s European Region.

1 November 2022 Healthy Europe November 2022 EPH Conference

Health for all in times of crisis?

Feet and lower legs of a person wearing pink running shoes running through autumn leaves
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Affordable healthcare for all is a central objective of the World Health Organization (WHO), and should be targeted by its Member States as well. But is this achievable in times of crisis?

1 November 2022 Healthy Europe November 2022 EPH Conference

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