Autumn / Winter 2015
World leaders recently agreed on an ambitious agenda for the next fifteen years. They adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). Every country – and this includes every country in Europe …
Continue reading “Editorial by Caroline Costongs – EuroHealthNet’s Managing Director”
The Directorate of Health is a specialist directorate and an administrative body under the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The Directorate …
Continue reading “Making a political choice: The Trondheim Declaration”
The first National Health Examination Survey 2013-2016 (INSEF 2013-2016) is currently ending its field phase with 4200 persons having been surveyed throughout the country. The main report is planned to …
Continue reading “Portugal – The first National Health Examination Survey 2013-2016”
Tackling health inequalities has been high on the political agenda since the establishment of the first Welsh Government in 1999. Whilst some key government powers including health, education and public …
Federsanità ANCI is the Italian association gathering public hospitals (AO), public teaching hospitals (AOU), public healthcare companies (ASL) and municipal departments dealing with social services. Federsanità ANCI is linked to …
Since April 2013, 266 municipalities or 86.3% of all municipalities (big & small) in Flanders (Belgium) enrolled in the project ‘Gezonde Gemeente’ (‘Healthy Municipality’). With this project the Flemish Institute …
Continue reading “Gezonde Gemeente: co-creating healthy communities”
The Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care (GGZ Nederland) has been EuroHealthNet’s PHASE partner since June 2015. GGZ Nederland is the sector organisation of specialist mental health and …
Continue reading “Launch European Alliance Mental Health in all Policies: just the beginning”
Health Equalities group is a social enterprise that seeks to tackle the root causes of health inequalities throughout the key. It achieves this by conducting research and advocacy combined with practical …
Continue reading “Tackling increasing levels of obesity in the North of England”
The IROHLA project (Intervention Research into Health Literacy of the Ageing population) has produced policy recommendations on how to improve health literacy across Europe. The recommendations and the policy brief …
Continue reading “IROHLA – From policy to action – make health literacy happen”
Will my HIV-prevention project succeed? Can I expect that my HIV-prevention activities will be effective? I am doing the right things right? If you find yourself asking these questions, you …
Continue reading “Quality Action – ‘Doing the right things right!’”
Health systems have a role to play not only in preventing disease and promoting health, but also in reducing health inequalities. However, vulnerable groups, such as immigrants, young people, long …
Continue reading “Integrated Health Systems: person centred, accessible and sustainable”
You are a trainee at EuroHealthNet, what motivated you to come and work in our organisation? Paulina Nakielny: During my studies I have developed an interest in public health and …
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