Despite massive progresses in the last decades, infectious diseases remain a major threat to young children’s life and health in low- and middle-income countries. This burden affects children unequally, with …
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Oral health and public health: the effects and costs of Periodontitis
Periodontitis, a gum condition related to plaque, is one of the world’s most prevalent health conditions – although lower income groups suffer the most. It affects the whole body, and …
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Designing a model of healthcare for migrant agricultural workers
In Italy’s hot and rural south, migrants are working the land. Their social, economic, and legal status – coupled with a lack of understanding of and access to the health …
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Living, working, and COVID-19: how the lives of women and young people have changed
Since COVID-19 arrived in Europe, Eurofound has been researching how the pandemic is changing the way we work and live. Here they summarise some of their findings on gender inequalities …
How urban cleaners are taking ownership of health and safety culture
Keeping our cities clean is an essential and potentially hazardous job. Done incorrectly, it can have a harmful effect on the health of cleaners, as well as the communities they …
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Diving into data: Developments in global health inequalities research
How is data changing health inequalities research, and how does it interact with policy? The Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research (CHAIN) brought global thought leaders together to discuss these …
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Social homes – foundations for building back better
As we all spend more time at home, the links between our homes and health have never been clearer. How can we build on those links to improve health outcomes? …
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Hosting migrants in a crisis: access to COVID-19 health care services for migrants and refugees in Greece
Greece is hosting many of the third country migrants in Europe. At the same time it deals with a second wave of COVID 19 and the impacts of years of …
Health promoting hospitals and health services – even more important during the pandemic
For 30 years, health promoting hospitals have been helping to re-orient health services towards health promotion and prevention. Their vision is of comprehensive and ambitious organisation-wide reforms. Guidance has been …
Good Practice Portals: mapping and evaluating interventions for health promotion, disease prevention and equity across Europe
Good practice portals help practitioners, policy makers and researchers to find evaluated tools and interventions. Here, we look at the development of one portal in Italy. This portal focuses on …
Learning the lessons of the past to restore the nation’s health and prevent widening health inequalities post-COVID-19
A healthy population is one of any nation’s most important assets. We have known for a long time that not everyone has the same opportunity to access the things they …
Local mental health support in Slovenia during COVID-19: setting up primary health care helplines
In Slovenia, health promotion centers – embedded within all primary care centers – are the main providers of preventive and health-promotion services, including mental health services. Soon after the pandemic …
Mental health of the French population during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of the CoviPrev survey
How have lockdowns affected mental health? The French public health agency shares the results of their study, what lessons can be learnt, and the links to social and economic protection …
La santé mentale des Français pendant l’épidémie du COVID-19 : résultats de l’enquête CoviPrev
Quel a été l’impact du confinement sur la santé mentale ? L’agence nationale de santé publique française partage les résultats et conclusions de leur enquête, et réfléchit sur le rôle …