Health determinants

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• Diabetes epidemic in Europe
  11-11-2011
  Lifestyle choices are putting more people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. World Diabetes Day 2011 focuses on prevention.
• Women and cancer: screening and treatment save lives
  03-11-2011
  One in five women in the European Region will get cancer before the age of 75. A third of cancers are preventable, and common types among women – breast, colorectal and cervical – can be cured if detected early.
• WHO/Europe invited to present Alcohol and Prison health at annual meeting of American Public Health Association (APHA)
  27-10-2011
  The annual APHA meeting in Washington 29 October– 2 November attracts about 13,000 participants.
• Global commitment to addressing social determinants of health
  26-10-2011
  The last day of WHO’s World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 19–21 October 2011, saw the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health finalized.
• World Conference on Social Determinants of Health opens
  19-10-2011
  WHO is holding a global conference on 19–21 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build support for action on the social determinants of health.
• Imprisonment and women’s health: concerns about gender sensitivity, human rights and public health
  01-09-2011
  Imprisoned women have more and different health-care needs compared with male prisoners. Their needs are related to reproductive health issues, mental health problems, drug dependencies and histories of violence and abuse, and often their status as a mother and usually the primary carer for her children.
• Poland prioritizes cutting health inequalities during Presidency
  07-07-2011
  WHO/Europe welcomes the priority Poland is giving to reducing health inequalities in Europe, during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union.
• Public health is back on European countries’ agenda
  11-03-2011
  The second day of the European Health Policy Forum in Andorra focused on health systems and public health. Countries described the progress they had made with health reforms, sometimes in difficult economic circumstances, since adopting the Tallinn Charter: “Health Systems for Health and Wealth” in 2008.
• European countries take up the Health 2020 challenge
  10-03-2011
  In Andorra, the first meeting of the European Health Policy Forum of High-level Government Officials opened on 9 March 2011, to launch a two-year process that will shape Health 2020, the new European policy for health.
• Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
  16-12-2010
  Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
• From prison health to public health
  01-11-2010
  Prisoners’ health is not only central to many aspects of prison life and management but also a key issue for public health. In Denmark, the prison system focuses on supporting and motivating prisoners.
• Development of HEALTH2020 under way
  18-10-2010
  International experts in public health met on 14 October 2010 to map out the broad goals and targets of the new European health policy, HEALTH2020, at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• WHO organizes policy dialogue for better evidence to improve women's health through gender and health statistics. Washington, USA, 25–27 October, 2010
  14-10-2010
  The WHO Department of Gender, Women and Health (GWH) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the Americas (AMRO) will hold a meeting A policy dialogue for better evidence to improve women's health through gender and health statistics.
• Progress regarding MDGs 3, 4 and 5. Draft conclusions from WHO meeting of national focal points for family and community health in Durres, Albania.
  06-10-2010
  Government officials, UN agencies and other partners from more than 25 countries met in Durres, Albania last week to take stock of the progress in achieving MDGs 3 (Promote gender equality and empower women), 4 (Reduce child mortality) and 5 (To improve maternal health) in the WHO European Region.
• Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on improving Child and Maternal Health and Gender Equality in the WHO European Region
  28-09-2010
  Government officials, UN agencies and other partners from more than 25 countries are convening in Durres, Albania these days to review the progress in achieving MDGs 3, 4 and 5 in the WHO European Region.
• Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on improving Child and Maternal Health and Gender Equality in the WHO European Region - Upcoming meeting of focal points in Albania, Durres, 28-30 September
  28-08-2010
  WHO/Europe is organizing a meeting for Government officials, UN agencies and other partners with the overall aim to review the progress in achieving MDGs 3, 4 and 5 in the WHO European Region, and identify immediate and long term actions for the reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health in the region. The meeting will emphasize how gender inequalities impact on the achievement of MDG 4 and 5.
• 2010 National Counterpart meeting on Prison Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
  29-07-2010
  14-16 October 2010 This year, the annual meeting for national Counterparts was organized on the premises of the WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. The aims of the meeting were to review the progress made over the past 15 years during which the WHO Regional Office for Europe has focused on prison health specifically and to facilitate detailed information exchange between the Regional Office, Member States and international partners.
• Promoting health in a fast-changing world
  11-07-2010
  Developing a strong, effective and credible health promotion strategy requires taking account of major global changes and trends, including climate change, global urbanization and the ageing of the population. This was the foundation of a keynote speech given by Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at the opening of the 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).
• Red Alert on Women's Hearts
  07-06-2010
  Report by the European Heart Network on Women and Cardiovascular Research in Europe, November 2009
• The Madrid recommendation
  28-05-2010
  The Madrid recommendation: health protection in prisons as an essential part of public health (all languages)  is now available for download.
• World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on gender
  22-05-2010
  The theme for World Tobacco Day 2010 – Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women responds to the increasing number of women smokers worldwide. 
• New WHO report on environment and health risks
  15-05-2010
  The document Environment and health risks: a review of the influence and effects of social inequalities was prepared as a background document to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and health held in Parma, 10-12 March 2010.  Chapter 10 Gender inequities in environment and health reviews the existing evidence on how gender influences the four regional priorities indentified by the Children's Environment and health Action Plan for Europe: water and sanitation, physical activity, indoor and outdoor pollution and chemical free environments.
• Heart disease leading cause of death in women
  27-04-2010
  Globally, heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in high-income countries, and the second most importance cause in low- and middle-income countries.