Work in countries | ||
 | Mapping the status of disease prevention and health promotion at primary health care level in Estonia [pdf, 505KB] | |
| The results of this report show the readiness of the PHC professionals to practice health promotion and disease prevention in the current settings, and recommends aspects that could be improved to enhance disease prevention at the PHC level. | ||
| Tackling Europes major diseases how are countries responding? | |
| How countries are facing the challenge of dealing with Europe's major diseases. | ||
| Meeting the challenge of noncommunicable diseases and injuries (NCDI) in the CIS countries | |
| 30–31 October 2007 - Moscow, Russian Federation | ||
| International consultation, 1-2 November 2007 | |
| Preparation of a strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable disease in the Russian Federation | ||
Of all WHO regions, the European Region is the most affected. Just seven risk factors are the main contributors to this burden: tobacco use, alcohol abuse, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight, low fruit and vegetable intake and physical inactivity.
Noncommunicable diseases caused 86% of deaths in the European Region and 77% of the disease burden in 2002. The burden on people's health and on health systems has increased since, and threatens both economic and social development.
Many Member States have taken up the challenge to prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases and initiated activities and projects to learn from others' experience and use the effective interventions which already exist. Although much is known about the causes of noncommunicable diseases and effective interventions, much still needs to be done to ensure that this knowledge is put into practice, so that all of society benefits and so that these benefits spread across the whole WHO European Region.
