Copenhagen, 15 May 2020 A community of youth influencers are working with WHO/Europe to ensure that tailored health advice reaches communities, families and individuals in countries across the WHO European Region. The Global Shapers Community, which started life as a youth project with the World Economic Forum, is a network of more than 9000 [...]
Copenhagen, 14 May 2020 Statement to the press by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe Good morning. It is a pleasure to speak to you today. Taking the European Region as a whole, we are seeing an overall slowing of the pandemic. Despite the positive signs, this remains a time [...]
Copenhagen, 12 May 2020 For International Nurses Day on 12 May, WHO/Europe has published a set of resources to support countries to invest in and strengthen their primary health-care nursing workforce. The publication “Competencies for nurses working in primary health care” provides guidance and inspiration for policy-makers, instructors, managers and clinicians to develop needed [...]
Copenhagen, 5 May 2020 For much of the WHO European Region, we need to be prepared for a long, hot summer. Weather services are expecting the coming summer to be warmer and drier than usual in the Region. The public, medical professionals and public health authorities need to be prepared for heatwaves and to [...]
Rome, 5 May 2020 At the beginning of the epidemic, our initial reaction was fear – fear of getting infected, of how our work may be affected and for the health of the pregnant women requiring our assistance. Our priority became tackling that fear by adhering to guidelines, including those from WHO, and putting [...]
Europe, 24 April 2020 WHO/Europe has published key considerations for the gradual easing of the lockdown restrictions introduced by many countries in response to the spread of COVID-19 across the European Region. The transition out of lockdown is set to be a complex and uncertain phase. Challenges and circumstances vary from country to country [...]
Geneva, 13 April 2020 “We’re all learning all the time and adjusting our strategy, based on the latest available evidence”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, summarizing the guidance which will be available in full on the agency’s website on Tuesday. He noted that a broad spectrum of COVID-19 responses are currently in place across the globe, based on national [...]
5 June 2019 - Beat air pollution – that is the theme for World Environment Day on 5 June. The air that we breathe is fundamental to our existence; yet, we sometimes forget the impact that the quality of the air has on our health and well-being. Although there are many reasons why the [...]
Copenhagen, 9 May 2019 - WHO is scaling up its response to the ongoing measles outbreaks in the European Region, including by creating an operational platform to accelerate its support to affected countries. The decision followed an assessment of the measles situation in the Region. It was based on the growing number of children [...]
30 April 2019 - A new study from WHO/Europe shows that, despite efforts aimed at prevention, parts of the WHO European Region continue to struggle with comparably higher rates of childhood obesity, while a second study shows that babies who have never or only infrequently been breastfed have an increased risk of becoming obese [...]
