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Concerningly low engagement with the climate change and health nexus in Europe
The latest Lancet Countdown Europe report highlights the growing health impacts of climate change, with heat-related deaths rising… Read More
Public health is facing a communication backlash – it needs to understand it, not fear it
Public health messages are facing a new challenge: not only reaching people, but being heard. In an age… Read More
The door between poverty and health
Before moving into European public health, EuroHealthNet’s Chantal Verdonschot worked as a social worker. Drawing on experience from… Read More
“The right to health, is the right to life”
People with intellectual disabilities often struggle to access and understand health information, leading to poorer health, more hospital… Read More
Trust not telling: the science of changing minds
Vaccine hesitancy is rarely about information alone. As misinformation spreads and trust in institutions declines, rebuilding confidence depends… Read More
In the noise of nutrition, who gets heard?
Belgian nutrition policy expert Laurence Doughan has spent 25 years fighting for healthier food environments. From Nutri-Score to… Read More
Digital by default, exclusion by design
The use of digital health technologies has proved to have a strong effect on basic healthcare, leading to… Read More
Is our environment the health factor we keep ignoring?
EDITORIAL During a local political campaign in a small village, residents spoke not of abstract policies but of… Read More
Ads, algorithms, and adolescents
Children’s mental health is shaped as much by the spaces they inhabit online as by the world around… Read More
Feeding the many instead of the few — how communities can reclaim the food system
Extreme weather, conflict, and rising prices drive today’s global food polycrisis — but at its core lies inequality… Read More
Health and environment: one story, our story. We rise or fall together
For EuroHealthNet’s Eleanor Morrissey, the phrase “we rise or fall together” is more than words—it’s a guiding principle. Growing up in… Read More
Is a wellbeing economy within reach?
EDITORIAL In a wellbeing economy, economic growth is not a goal in itself but rather a way to… Read More
Bravery, health, and justice: how Galicia’s community stood up, and won
For 20,000 residents of the rural region of A Limia in Galicia, Spain, clean air and safe water were… Read More