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Multisectoral action to promote physical activity in Switzerland
Although most people know that being physically active improves health dramatically, levels of physical activity are too low. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health has focused on specific cooperative projects with other federal agencies in order to create opportunities to promote physical activity in urban and regional planning.
News
- Multisectoral action to promote physical activity in Switzerland
- Ukraine health system buckling under weight of humanitarian crisis
- Countries urged to set national targets and implement proven interventions to prevent premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases
- Plain tobacco packaging encourages more people to stop smoking and fewer to start
- Tajikistan introduces rotavirus vaccine to protect children from diarrhoeal disease
Events
- First technical expert meeting to enhance evidence-informed policy-making in the WHO European Region
- Technical Consultation on healthy lifestyle education in eastern Europe and central Asia
- Technical consultation on road map of actions to fully comply with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 2015–2020
- Barcelona Course on Health Financing: universal health coverage
- 1st Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis and Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Data and Evidence
Ebola outbreak
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Tajikistan introduces rotavirus vaccine to protect children from diarrhoeal disease
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Emergencies and outbreaks
- Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa
- Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
Publications
European facts and the “Global status report on violence prevention 2014”This booklet is published along with the first ever Global status report on violence prevention, assesses the measures that countries are taking to prevent violence and recommends further steps.
Human Health in Areas with Industrial ContaminationThis book is intended to contribute to the analysis of high-risk areas, by providing a review of the evidence, the study design options, the legislation, and the results relating to the adverse impacts on health of industrial activities.
Portugal: assessing health-system capacity to manage sudden large influxes of migrantsJoint report on a mission of the Ministry of Health of Portugal, the International Centre for Migration, Health and Development and the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
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