The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) represents all local and regional authorities in Sweden. For the last six years it has been coordinating and supporting local authorities …
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Interest in the topic of health diplomacy has been growing recently. This article describes how health diplomacy has developed, and considers how it links to the sustainable development goals. The …
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The Global Health Centre (GHC) facilitates the development of synergies among different groups of professionals working in the Tuscany Region in the fields of international health cooperation and migrants’ health. …
A grassroots-led ‘health movement’ is growing in the Netherlands, stimulated by a collaboration between governments, businesses, and civil society. This ‘National Prevention Program’ emphasises health promotion in healthcare, at home, …
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The Swedish government has introduced a new national mental health strategy for 2016-2020. Here, the Public Health Agency of Sweden discusses the importance of analysing and disseminating data for promotion …
Life expectancy in Spain is one of the highest in the world (86.2 years for women and 80.4 for men [i]), however, healthy life expectancy is lower than in other …
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By Vesa Saaristo. In Finland, municipalities (of which there are 297 in Mainland Finland in 2016) are responsible for promoting the health and welfare of their residents. However, there was very little …
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30 years have passed since the Ottawa charter on health promotion was presented, changing our understanding of health and introducing novel approaches for the maintenance and promotion of health. Here, …
By Gudrun Braunegger-Kallinger Prevention and health promotion are the central concerns of Fonds Gesundes Österreich (FGOe). Our work is guided by the holistic concept of health applied by the WHO. …
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The health system in Scotland is considered one of the best in Europe, but the country nevertheless has among the lowest life-expectancy figures in the EU. There is also evidence …
By Dr Djoeke van Dale The Dutch Centre for Healthy Living (CGL) is part of the National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM) and is supported by the Ministry …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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