The Global Health Centre (GHC) facilitates the development of synergies among different groups of professionals working in the… Read More
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Monitoring the Dutch National Prevention Program
A grassroots-led ‘health movement’ is growing in the Netherlands, stimulated by a collaboration between governments, businesses, and civil… Read More
The Swedish Experience of developing and Implementing a national mental health strategy, and efforts to prevent suicide.
The Swedish government has introduced a new national mental health strategy for 2016-2020. Here, the Public Health Agency… Read More
Spanish strategy on health promotion and prevention and its local implementation.
Life expectancy in Spain is one of the highest in the world (86.2 years for women and 80.4… Read More
TEAviisari, a tool for benchmarking health promotion capacity building in Finland
By Vesa Saaristo. In Finland, municipalities (of which there are 297 in Mainland Finland in 2016) are responsible for promoting… Read More
30 Years after the Ottawa Charter: Is it Still Relevant in the Face of Future Challenges for Health Promotion?
30 years have passed since the Ottawa charter on health promotion was presented, changing our understanding of health… Read More
How policy and societal actors develop health targets – A success story
By Gudrun Braunegger-Kallinger Prevention and health promotion are the central concerns of Fonds Gesundes Österreich (FGOe). Our work… Read More
Over 10 year gap in life expectancy in Scotland: How NHS Health Scotland addresses the challenge
The health system in Scotland is considered one of the best in Europe, but the country nevertheless has… Read More
Can a web portal contribute to the health of all Dutch citizens?
By Dr Djoeke van Dale The Dutch Centre for Healthy Living (CGL) is part of the National Institute… Read More
Making a political choice: The Trondheim Declaration
The Directorate of Health is a specialist directorate and an administrative body under the Ministry of Health and… Read More
Tackling Health Inequalities in Wales – Synergies between Welsh Government and Public Health Wales
Tackling health inequalities has been high on the political agenda since the establishment of the first Welsh Government… Read More
Gezonde Gemeente: co-creating healthy communities
Since April 2013, 266 municipalities or 86.3% of all municipalities (big & small) in Flanders (Belgium) enrolled in… Read More
Integrated Health Systems: person centred, accessible and sustainable
Health systems have a role to play not only in preventing disease and promoting health, but also in… Read More
Hungary – National Institute for Health Development (OEFI) – Health Promoting Offices
The National Institute for Health Development (Országos Egészségfejlesztési Intézet – OEFI) is a government based agency planning, coordinating,… Read More