In our daily lives, we do so much with our hands. They are tools for creativity and for expressing ourselves, and a means for providing care and doing good. But hands can also be centres for germs and can easily spread infectious diseases to others – including vulnerable patients being treated in health facilities.This World…
We spoke to 2 nurses about the simple, but critically important practice of cleaning hands and found out why hand hygiene is so important in the health-care environment.Miranda’s perspective“As health workers we do almost everything with our hands, yet hands can also be centres for germs and one of the easiest ways that infectious diseases…
Amid the daily work of bringing newborns safely into this world, a group of Polish midwives collect necessities for Ukrainian women who arrive alone at the hospital to give birth. “It’s a small gesture that can hopefully bring sun for a moment,” says Martyna Grygiel-Kaczmarek, midwife at the St. Sophia Hospital in the Polish capital…
Statement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe4 May 2022Commissioner Kyriakides, esteemed colleagues and friends,A warm welcome to today’s long-awaited meeting, which has only grown in relevance since we launched the Pan-European Mental Health Coalition last September.Our Region is undergoing extensive upheaval and change.A pandemic has thrown an unprecedented spotlight on…
In recent weeks, a number of cases of severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children have been reported. These have been detected in several countries including the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Spain and the United States of America.What is acute hepatitis?It is a term used to describe an acute inflammation of the…
For further enquiries please contact: WHO Regional Office for Europe Email: eupress@who.int Marie Wolf Communications Consultant WHO Regional Office for Europe Email: mwolf@who.int Bhanu Bhatnagar (he/him) Spokesperson / Media Relations on deployment in Ukraine WHO Regional Office for Europe Mobile: +380 93 612 4170 Email: eupress@who.int; bbhatnagar@who.int Copenhagen, 4 May 2022WHO/Europe calls for a more…
Almost two thirds of adults and 1 in 3 children in the WHO European Region are living with overweight or obesity, and these rates are still growing. The new WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 warns of the serious health risks associated with rising levels of obesity. Obesity is among the top determinants of death…
For further enquiries please contact: Tina Kiaer Communications Officer WHO Regional Office for Europe Mobile: +45 30 36 37 76 Email: kiaert@who.int WHO Regional Office for Europe Email: eupress@who.int Copenhagen, Denmark, 03 May 2022The new WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, published on 3 May by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, reveals that overweight…
The Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI) of the University of Malta, has been re-assigned as the WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Systems and Policies in Small States. The Institute was first designated as a WHO collaborating centre in 2017.ISSI will work on 3 main topics: (i) the development of policy recommendations on building health-system…
Vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) have been in use for 15 years. Clinical trials demonstrated early on that these vaccines are safe and effective. Those countries that have achieved high rates of HPV vaccination coverage have already demonstrated the real-world impact of vaccination: significant reductions in HPV infections, precancerous cervical lesions (CIN) and genital warts,…