How flooding affects health
Floods are the most common natural disaster in the WHO European Region, with effects on health ranging from drowning and injuries to infectious diseases and mental health problems.
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Road safety week 2013
Pedestrians, people using motorcycles or three-wheeled motorized vehicles, and cyclists account for 43% of road-traffic deaths in the WHO European Region. The United Nations’ road safety week, 6–12 May 2013, focuses on the urgent need to protect pedestrians, the most vulnerable road users.
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1 in 100 women in Europe will develop cervical cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer. HPV vaccination (in addition to cervical screening and other health promotion activities) is an effective way to prevent deaths from this disease.
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How has the economic crisis affected health systems?
Senior policy-makers from health and finance ministries and health insurance funds, representatives of patient organizations and international partners, and researchers meet in Oslo, Norway on 17–18 April 2013 to review the situation across Europe today.
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News
- World Health Assembly, day 3: progress on health-related Millennium Development Goals and Global Fund’s new funding model 24-05-2013
- World Health Assembly, day 2: General Programme of Work for next 6 years approved 23-05-2013
- Post-2015 development agenda in focus on first day of World Health Assembly 21-05-2013
- Third Barcelona Course on Health Financing held 17-05-2013
- Human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China – update 4 17-05-2013
- Novel coronavirus update – new virus to be called MERS-CoV 16-05-2013
New publications
- Health effects of particulate matter. Policy implications for countries in eastern Europe, Caucasus and central Asia
- The changing national role in health system governance. A case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia
- Vaccine safety events: managing the communications response
- Health system performance comparison. An agenda for policy, information and research
Country news
- Decade of Action and road-safety platform launched in Turkey30-04-2013
- Early warning system for cold-waves established in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 08-04-2013
- Poland launches European health report19-03-2013
- Latvia’s stakeholders inspired by Health 2020 03-04-2013
Regional Director
From left, Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, Alain Berset, head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs of Switzerland, and Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General, signing a country cooperation strategy. Photo: WHO/Chris Black
- WHO and Switzerland sign country cooperation strategy 22-05-2013
- High-level French delegation visits WHO/Europe 26-04-2013
Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly
20–28 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
Oslo conference on health systems and the economic crisis
17–18 April 2013, Oslo, Norway
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