Publications
Key publications
Environmentally sustainable health systems: a strategic document (2017)
The WHO Country Office in Kazakhstan and the WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care engaged experts from Saint Louis University and Columbia University to provide these workshops.
Self-assessment tool for the evaluation of essential public health operations in the WHO European Region (2015)
This publication presents a public health self-assessment tool that provides a series of criteria that national public health officials can use to evaluate the delivery of the EPHOs in their particular settings.
Coalition of Partners Expert Meeting on Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services in Europe - meeting report (2017)
Acting as the secretariat to this initiative, the WHO Regional Office for Europe convened a two-day meeting to start the process of co-creating the contents of the Agenda for Action that the Coalition of Partners would take forward.
Health system developments in former Soviet countries
Eurohealth, Vol. 21, No 2, 2015
South Eastern European Journal of Public Health
This issue of SEEJPH focuses on Health Systems in Transition worldwide.
Volume III, 2015
European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services
The European Action Plan was endorsed at the sixty-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. It outlines the role of WHO and Member States in implementing 10 Essential Public Health Operations (EPHOs).
The case for investing in public health
The economic crisis has led to increased demand and reduced resources for health sectors. The trend for increasing healthcare costs to individuals, the health sector and wider society is significant. Public health can be part of the solution to this challenge.
Building Regional capacity in global health: The role of the south-eastern Europe health network
The SEEHN is a government public health network of 10 member countries with established long-term partnerships with partner countries and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.
Reducing inequalities in health and health care
Eurohealth, Vol. 21, No 1, 2015
Facets of Public Health in Europe
In the last two centuries, public health has reduced the impact and prevalence of infectious diseases, but much remains to be done to reduce noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, which comprise the bulk of the disease burden on the WHO European Region. This book takes a broad but detailed approach to public health in Europe and offers the most comprehensive analysis of the Region available
