By Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director. There are three important ways forward in addressing the pandemic and its impacts on health and wellbeing in the years to come. Firstly, working with …
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By Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director ‘European Union citizens live, on average, longer and healthier lives than previous generations. However, The EU is faced with an important challenge: the large gaps …
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For every step down the socio-economic ladder, children and young people experience a higher level of physical and mental health problems that will affect their future health and life opportunities. …
By Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director Working together to tackle health inequalities in Europe is more important than ever before. Inequality and the socioeconomic divide is on the rise, as we can …
Public Health organisations and health authorities are key in delivering health and wellbeing for people, which is reflected in several articles of this 11th edition of the EuroHealthNet magazine. National …
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I write this editorial having just returned from a meeting at an economics think-tank. There, I was pleased to hear arguments for more investments in health promotion and disease prevention …
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Editorial By Caroline Costongs For those of us working on health promotion and health inequalities, these are important times. On the one hand we are seeing increasing interest in our …
In Shanghai, at the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion, Ministers, Mayors and other policymakers and participants were sharing experiences and taking stock of the progress made since Ottawa. It …
In our field of promoting health, well-being and equity, I have seen many excellent and comprehensive strategies in various European states and regions. These strategies, however, should have led to much …
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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 …
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It is with great pleasure that I present the fifth edition of the online EuroHealthNet Magazine. Its aim is to showcase the excellent work being done by national and regional …
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During the EuroHealthNet Executive Board meeting in Brussels, Clive Needle found out from members why they like to be part of it…. By Clive Needle Newly appointed as a professor …
By Ana Oliveira Ana, you are a trainee at EuroHealthNet, what motivated you to come and work in our organisation? After having finished a traineeship in one of the European …
This fourth edition of the EuroHealthNet online magazine reflects a wide variety of health promoting approaches, policies, events, research and developments by EuroHealthNet and its members and partners. It …