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WHO Regional Office for Europe The WHO European Region (WHO/Europe) is one of WHO’s six regional offices

WHO was founded in 1948 to work for the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples. Globally, WHO works with 193 Member States, providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, and articulating evidence-based policy options. It also provides technical support to Member States, monitors and assesses health trends, funds medical research and provides emergency aid during disasters.

04/11/2026

"We missed one really vital component: the voice of lived and living experience."

Without the input of those with lived experience, health systems can end up misaligned with patient needs.

People with lived and living experience bring insights that can help identify gaps, improve quality of care and make services more responsive to people’s real needs and priorities.

WHO/Europe’s roadmap, co-created with people with lived experience, shows how countries can better recognize and embed this expertise across mental health systems.

📘 Read the roadmap: https://bit.ly/4uF5oek

Science helps us understand how changes in our environment, food systems, animal populations and human activity can affe...
04/11/2026

Science helps us understand how changes in our environment, food systems, animal populations and human activity can affect health.

Stand with science. Follow the evidence.

New plans in response to a changing European region Read about what countries agreed at : https://bit.ly/4sFmJDF During...
03/11/2026

New plans in response to a changing European region

Read about what countries agreed at : https://bit.ly/4sFmJDF

During the meeting, Member States in the WHO European Region adopted two landmark plans:

❤️ Ageing is living: a strategy for healthy ageing and care in the WHO European Region
🤖 Roadmap for Action on Artificial Intelligence

People in our region are living longer. That's a huge win for public health.

But they're not always living in good health. The ageing is living strategy is about acting for health across the whole life course.

And with AI already in our clinics and hospitals, it's essential our region has a plan to integrate it safely and effectively.

👉 What's next?

Implementation starts now.

Read the full media release on outcomes from 👇

https://bit.ly/4sFmJDF

“We have been passionate about monitoring, measuring and reducing use for over 10 years and have worked hard to achiev...
03/11/2026

“We have been passionate about monitoring, measuring and reducing use for over 10 years and have worked hard to achieve this. Our use is relatively low compared to other dairy herds in the United Kingdom (UK).

Together with veterinarian, Tom Clarke, we recorded antibiotic use amongst my herd and contributed the data to Medicine Hub, the centralized industry-wide initiative that collates, reports and benchmarks antibiotic use in sheep and cattle across the UK.

We strive to demonstrate and prove responsible antibiotic use is relevant and important for the health of our herd and the industry as a whole.”

James Yeatman is a dairy farmer in Dorset, United Kingdom

His testimony is part of the campaign – a collection of first-person accounts from across Europe and Central Asia showing us once again why ( ) is a topic that concerns each and every one of us.

WHO/Europe’s Roadmap on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 2023–2030 supports countries to identify, prioritize, implement and monitor high-impact interventions to tackle AMR.

Preventing infections in agricultural food production systems is one area of particular concern. Encouraging good animal husbandry, the appropriate use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, and the sound management of waste and wastewater in livestock production are just some of the ways that AMR can be prevented.

In order to monitor the progress of countries in implementing actions from the Roadmap, WHO/Europe is currently developing an AMR Accountability Index that will be launched later this year.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4i12BFG



Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) World Organisation for Animal Health

03/11/2026

What does it mean when we say risk factors for cancers are 'modifiable' or 'preventable'?

In our new episode of , Dr Harriet Rumgay, cancer researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) explains why preventing cancers is not so much up to individual behaviours and choices, but rather about creating environments that make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Watch the full episode on YouTube, where she and .dgsantos talk about all the burning questions we may have about cancer - and that, actually, not everything causes cancer:

https://bit.ly/4ixLpZU

You can also listen to the podcast on your favourite podcast platform!

02/11/2026

Take 5 actions to reduce your risk of respiratory diseases:

get 💉 when offered
stay 🏠if sick
wear a 😷 if sick
clean your 🙌
ventilate your 🏠

Events in childhood can matter long after childhood ends. Among the young adults surveyed, reporting more adverse childh...
02/11/2026

Events in childhood can matter long after childhood ends.

Among the young adults surveyed, reporting more adverse childhood experiences was associated with a greater risk of poor health and social outcomes later in life.

Our new report explores these links, based on more than 26,000 young adults surveyed across 29 countries, and what we can do to improve outcomes

Read the report: https://bit.ly/3Vv2xI0

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The study was conducted by WHO/Europe in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University under a contribution agreement with the European Commission entitled “Addressing mental health challenges in the European Union, Iceland and Norway.”

30/10/2026

How do you test for a dangerous disease that can spread without symptoms?

In the fight to eradicate polio, wastewater environmental surveillance acts as an early warning system. Poliovirus can circulate silently because most infections do not cause paralysis, and infected people can shed virus in their stool without knowing they are infected.

“Wastewater allows us to see the virus even when we cannot see the disease,” says Javier Martin, Head of the WHO Global Specialized Laboratory for poliovirus in the United Kingdom.

Routine sampling of wastewater from communities offers a window into what is happening across an entire community, including virus transmission that would otherwise remain invisible.

Scientists at the laboratory, which is run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), work across many different parts of the polio eradication programme, detecting polioviruses through clinical and wastewater surveillance, sequencing them to understand where they have come from and how they are spreading, and supporting the development and evaluation of safer polio vaccines. They work closely with the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), who in turn transform information into public health action, in the pursuit of a world free from polio.

Learn about the collaborations happening behind the scenes to keep us safer from a devastating disease: https://bit.ly/3WIR4F9

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Not all commercial partnerships impact public health equally. While some industries offer public health benefits, others...
30/10/2026

Not all commercial partnerships impact public health equally. While some industries offer public health benefits, others are clearly harmful for public health.

Unhealthy commodity industries including ***co, or unhealthy food producers, contribute to 7,400 deaths every day in the WHO European Region.

For health authorities, monitoring commercial determinants of health and engaging with the private sector can be an important opportunity and a complex challenge at the same time.

A new framework developed by Public Health provides clear, objective criteria to help policymakers assess which interactions with the commercial sector align with public health goals and determine appropriate ways to engage.

Based on WHO recommendations, the framework puts transparency, risk management and accountability at the heart of decision-making, helping protect public health priorities from conflicts of interest.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4A0aROH

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