🚨Latest Health Highlights newsletter from EurohealthNet
EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: @eurohealthnet.bsky.social warns that eradicating #Poverty by 2050 will remain out of reach unless #HealthInequalities are addressed
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Also check out this article from our latest magazine edition on healthy living environments, in which
Milena Stateva talks about why empowerment is 🗝️ to tackling #EnergyPoverty
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🏘 Homes are the centre of our communities and a key determinant of our health.
Energy inefficient homes put a strain on our climate and on people's financial wellbeing.
In Bulgaria, we spoke to people fighting this: youtu.be/rZKZEe34qYw
#BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy #SocialJusticeDay
Analysis of our health #data presented to the #Slovenian Ministry of Health 🇸🇮 was referenced in this recent RTV 🇸🇮 article.
The report was written by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social and the team who proposed our #health module based at CHAIN Centre for Health Equity Analytics 🇳🇴 .
An economy that works for everyone - what would that look like?
🏡💸 A #WellbeingEconomy measures wellbeing alongside classic economic indicators, so that we can build a society that leaves no one behind.
Learn more in our video ⤵️
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#ReclaimtheEconomyWeek #EconomyOfWellbeing
😷 Understanding the #EnvironmentalBurdenOfDisease can help us to improve policy measures to lessen the health inequalities from environmental stressors.
Learn how the #BestCostEU project is working on this for air and noise #pollution ⤵️
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🏡 New EuroHealthNet magazine | Our #Environment and our #Health: The power that surrounds us
‘Is our environment the health factor we keep ignoring?’
✍️ Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social Director of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
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How do you heat your home?
🏘 Across Ireland, solid fuels have been accessible & affordable, but are also a main cause of harmful #AirQuality.
But bans on solid fuels in the 90s have seen benefits reaching up to the present. Watch now: youtu.be/NdDLihDugns
#BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy
Hosting colleagues from 8 EU public health organisations in Athens for the @eurohealthnet.bsky.social Country Exchange Visit.
We’re exploring how health systems can better reach marginalised communities through dialogue & shared learning.
#HealthEquity #PublicHealth #ProlepsisInstitute
🏘 The crossover between the built environment, climate, and health is an under-recognised area in policymaking.
🎥 Our #BuildForHealth series demonstrates promising practices for a healthy built environment.
Find out more: eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
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👏 That was not all! EuroHealthNet spoke in sessions on health impact assessments, vaccine uptake, school health literacy, social prescribing and more.
💙 Social equity must be at the heart of public health action, and we will continue our work with partners to see this take shape across Europe.
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🏘 Our workshop on #BuildForHealth launched our video series on why built environments are a key influence in health across our life span, and so must be a #PublicHealth priority.
🔧 We need short and long-term solutions to protect our health and the planet.
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🔍 Last week at #EPH2025 our plenary took on the influential roles of commercial & political determinants in #PublicHealth.
📢 The current system allows profit at the cost of our health & wellbeing. We need different sectors to collectively call for a #WellbeingEconomy.
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🏥 The health sector is responsible for around 4.6% of global emissions.
🔆 How can healthcare facilities improve built environments for healthy & sustainable care?
In Vienna, one hospital is making changes to patient & staff wellbeing: youtu.be/kWsVrDUH524
#BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy
🎨🌿 The session on social, green, and arts prescriptions for health starts at 17:30 CET at #EHFG2025! Register now to watch live and learn how community interventions strengthen social ties, well-being, and sustainable healthcare: bit.ly/4n1g7v1
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🖼️ Today at 1730 CET: #SocialPrescribing session at European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social #EHFG2025
What if your next prescription wasn’t a pill, but a painting class, a community garden, or a walking group?
Organised by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
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‼️ Today's new report makes for grim reading:
There has been no progress on social #inequalities in health in the past decade in the EU, according to @eurohealthnet.bsky.social and CHAIN Centre for Health Equity Analytics
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🌡 This summer, we saw record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather. Children are extremely vulnerable to #HeatWaves, so school buildings need to be healthy and climate-resilient.
🏫 We visited one school in Spain to learn how they are tackling the heat.
#BuildForHealth
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🚨 Climate-resilient buildings are part of much-needed action to address the emerging public health risks from the #ClimateCrisis.
EuroHealthNet is calling for an #EUClimateHealthStrategy to promote climate justice & protect the most vulnerable: eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
This week is #BackToSchool!
Addressing climate change calls for climate-resilient buildings, including schools.
🏫In Alcorcón, Spain, teachers & students are working to mitigate impacts from heat waves for a sustainable & supportive school environment.
🎥 Watch and learn: youtu.be/qdY9_W1741k
🎨🌿 Explore how community interventions - arts, green& social - can boost well-being & ease pressure on healthcare systems.
At #EHFG2025, the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being & @eurohealthnet.bsky.social will share strategies & success stories. bit.ly/3USOB77
Cardiovascular diseases—e.g. heart disease & stroke—are responsible for 1 in 3 deaths in the EU.
We welcome the European Commission's initiative for a strong Cardiovascular Health Plan, and we're ready to contribute to its success.
Read our vision➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
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Father and son walking on a beach. Title: Policy Brief
🏖 With hotter summers, more people visit the coast to cool off. But climate change and pollution create a range of health risks.
The #BlueAdaptEU One Health Framework can guide policymakers on protecting human health and ecosystems.
👓 Read now! lnkd.in/eYduira8
"Silenced by snobbery”: from facing eviction to influencing government policy, one person’s fight to expose structural inequality
Inspirational story of community action on #HealthInequalities #SocialInequalities #SocialJustice
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The next EU long-term budget (#MFF 2027-2034) offers a historic opportunity to reframe public health and equity not as costs, but as an investment in Europe's future.
Check out our recommendations for a bold strategy that integrates health and wellbeing across all EU policies.
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🎉 Congrats to our #Health & #HealthSystems programme leader, Prof. Marc Suhrcke, on his election to the Executive Board of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
💚We're proud to see his expertise contribute to shaping strategies that improve the #wellbeing for all in Europe.
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Are you our new colleague?
We’re looking for a Policy Officer to join our Brussels team and support our core policy and advocacy work.
Does this sound like you or someone you know? Apply by 18 July.
More details: eurohealthnet.eu/vacancies/po...
#Vacancy #Policy #EU #Brussels #PublicHealth
❗Join us today at 14:00 CEST online for the EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change and health.
📅11 June 2025
🕘14:00–17:30 CEST
💻 Tune in on Webex: kurzlinks.de/61qj
#EuroHealthNetSeminar #HealthEquity #ClimateAction #PublicHealth
