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🔍What if drinking less could mean living better? Reducing alcohol consumption can enhance your memory, improve your sleep quality, and lower your risk of cancer. The #RedefineAlcohol campaign encourages us to rethink alcohol. 👉 Visit our campaign page to explore how reducing alcohol can transform your well-being: https://bit.ly/3zD2i33 📢 Let’s redefine our mindset. #LessAlcohol #EVIDAction

📸 "Health For All in Every Frame" – A photo exhibition on health in Greece 🇬🇷 WHO/Europe, through its Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety in Athens, in collaboration with Athens Photo World and the National Garden of Athens, is hosting a captivating photo exhibition focusing on health in Greece. 📅 19 November – 15 December 2024 📍 National Garden, Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 105 57, Athens 🆓🎟️ The exhibition is free and open to the public! Featuring the works of twelve renowned Greek photographers, the exhibition addresses important health issues while illustrating how daily habits can enhance the quality of life and overall health. Themes such as nutrition, physical activity, health and nature, safe driving, human relationships, environmental protection, mental health, quality of care, patient safety, and the prevention of addictions and unhealthy behaviours are all key to improving health and quality of life. We invite you to join us in discovering the impact of everyday habits through the lens of photography! 💙 #WHOGreece #AthensQoCOffice WHO Regional Office for Europe JOAO BREDA

Today, the 3rd edition of WHO/Europe’s 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 kicked off in Samarkand 🇺🇿. This year, the course is tailored specifically to support the needs of central Asian countries—Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, Tajikistan 🇹🇯, Turkmenistan🇹🇲 and Uzbekistan🇺🇿. Why a course on ✨𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽✨? Because: 🟢 Leaders are responsible for crafting the vision and paving the way for those working around them 🟢 Leaders shape values and beliefs 🟢 And because supporting the health and care workforce will require visionary leadership. The course builds on the 5 pillars of WHO/Europe’s “Framework for Action” adopted last year by all 53 countries in the region, and it aims to empower managers with the tools and skills to put leadership into action. More about the course here: https://lnkd.in/eZbHApVF More about the Framework for Action here: https://bit.ly/3ZlmJvl #HealthWorkforce #HumanResourcesForHealth #CentralAsia #HRHLCourse Sulakshana Nandi, Yana Andersen, Tomas Zapata, Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Cris Scotter, Margrieta Langins, Mafaten Chaouali, Tom Hughes-Waage, Dr. Parvina Makhmudova, Nazokat Kasymova, Saltanat Salieva, Stela Gheorghita, Skender Syla, Amanda Shriwise, Jessika Yin

Last week, Portugal, in collaboration with WHO’s and the European Commission’s DG Reforms, launched a 24-month project to strengthen its Local Health Units (LHUs). This model integrates primary care, outpatient specialist services and inpatient care under one system, aiming to enhance service delivery to better meet community needs by adopting a population health approach. Through this initiative, Portugal seeks to improve patient outcomes and experience, and increase allocative efficiency by addressing fragmentation and ensuring continuity of care. LHUs will receive support in governance, strategic planning and change management with a population health perspective, integrated care and care pathways,  performance monitoring and information and data solutions. The project is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and will be supported under WHO’s technical leadership. #PHC4UHC #TSI  #EUReformSupport European Commission ACSS - Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde Vanessa Ribeiro Simon Drees Sasa Jenko Kokalj Natasha Azzopardi Muscat Melitta Jakab JOAO BREDA David Novillo Ortiz, PhD Dr Toni Dedeu Zhamin Y. José Cerezo Cerezo Emilia Aragón De León Helen Caton-Peters MSN, RN, FAAN Válter R Fonseca

WHO/Europe has developed a #StoriesOfAMR booklet! It is a collection of people's experiences with #AMR from all 53 Member States of the European Region. Their concerns, fears, hopes and actions underscore the critical need to preserve antimicrobials – the cornerstone of modern medicine that has saved millions of lives. Read and be inspired to educate, advocate and act now to prevent AMR: https://bit.ly/4f8T1yT #WAAW #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek

📢 Join us for the webinar marking one year since the High-Level Technical Summit on Diabetes. The event, hosted by WHO/Europe and International Diabetes Federation Europe, will highlight and discuss progress made on diabetes over the past year across the WHO European Region. 📅28 November 2024, 09:30–11:00 CET What to expect from the event: 🔵Country case studies. 🔵Insights from policymakers, health care professionals, and individuals with lived experiences. 🔵Strategies and best practices to accelerate action on diabetes. The event will inspire regional collaboration to reach the five global diabetes targets by 2030: ✅ 80% of people with diabetes are diagnosed. ✅ 80% of diagnosed individuals with good glycaemic control. ✅ 80% of diagnosed individuals with good blood pressure control. ✅ 60% of adults (40+) with diabetes receiving statins. ✅ 100% of people with type 1 diabetes have access to affordable insulin and blood glucose monitoring. 👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/3ZmkXu8

Next week, our 3rd Executive Course on Health Workforce Leadership and Management will be taking place in Samarkand, 🇺🇿. This 5-day course has been specially tailored to support the needs of central Asian countries and brings together health leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Find out more about the Executive course: https://bit.ly/40UPi43 The course aims to build participants’ capacities for implementing measures to enhance their health and care workforces, focusing on the 5 pillars of the WHO/Europe Framework for action on the health and care workforce 2023-30. Find out more about the Framework for action: https://bit.ly/3AGVp15 #HealthWorkforce #HumanResourcesForHealth #CentralAsia #HRHLCourse Sulakshana Nandi Yana Andersen Tomas Zapata Natasha Azzopardi Muscat Cris Scotter Margrieta Langins Mafaten Chaouali Tom Hughes-Waage Dr. Parvina Makhmudova Nazokat Kasymova Saltanat Salieva Stela Gheorghita Skender Syla Amanda Shriwise Jessika Yin 

Last week, the 4th WHO-CEI workshop in Trieste united the Western Balkans in strengthening #PrimaryHealthCare models to better manage complex chronic conditions and tackle the region’s biggest health challenges. With 95% of deaths in the Western Balkans attributed to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), high-impact PHC interventions in integrated care are vital for lasting health improvements. The participants discussed pressing issues like high smoking rates, fragmented healthcare networks, and the critical need for safe, effective, and affordable medicines for all. The workshop also underscored the value of integrating mental health care within primary care and linking it with social services to create a holistic, supportive care network. Together, the Western Balkans are advancing a collaborative, sustainable approach to bridge health gaps and promote healthier lifestyles across the region. #PHC4UHC

By protecting mental health, we protect our right to live, work and be part of a community. However, all sectors of government and society have to see it as their business. This fact lay at the heart of WHO/Europe’s discussion today with the @Health Service Executive of Ireland. On the agenda was how to provide mutual support in key areas, including 🥽 Protecting human rights in mental health services using the WHO QualityRights initiative 📺 How screens are affecting children and adolescents and what Europe is doing about it 🤝 Working across government sectors for mental health This is the 22nd policy dialogue—and the second this week—under our partnership with the European Commission to address mental health challenges in the 27 European Union countries, plus Iceland and Norway, which aims to equip countries with what’s needed to improve population mental health and well-being. Want to know more? https://bit.ly/3QM3AOx

I returned to Kyiv yesterday just as the country was marking the 1000th day of war. A sad and somber milestone. But I was yet again struck by the resilience of the people, the strength of communities, and the unwavering determination. Nowhere is this resilience more evident than in Ukraine’s health system, which continues to serve those in need despite unimaginable challenges. Over the next few days, I’ll be meeting with key health decisionmakers, doctors, nurses and patients to send the message that WHO Regional Office for Europe stands with them as they continue to show the best of humanity—resilience and the will to move forward. This morning at a joint press conference, which falls on World Children’s Day, I stressed the need to care for the most vulnerable, such as the young girls and boys who are often the most affected by wars and forced displacement. And as we launched a new report on health financing together with our partners at the World Bank, I called on all key partners to make sure to continue investing in health care—also in the midst of war—so that everyone can access affordable health care without having to choose between paying for medicines or feeding their families. The war has tested every aspect of life in Ukraine, yet it’s also shown that with commitment and dedication, rebuilding is possible. Jarno Habicht Triin Habicht Dene Cairns