A new video recently launched by WHO/Europe tells the story of a long battle that united public health specialists, civil society activists, journalists and politicians against a powerful global industry that produces a highly addictive and harmful product. It describes how the fight against tobacco gained momentum in Georgia, and how the country continues to…
WHO Top: Professor Haberal is just one of the recipients of a WHO public health prize from the WHO European Region.Bottom: Dr Kosiński accepts the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health on behalf of the Severe Hypothermia Treatment Centre at the 75th World Health Assembly. The Severe Hypothermia Treatment Centre in Krakow, Poland,…
Adequate menstrual hygiene facilities with free hygiene products and timely education for boys and girls on menstrual health are crucial school interventions to ensure health, well-being and equal learning opportunities. On Menstrual Hygiene Day, celebrated on 28 May, WHO/Europe calls on countries to redouble efforts to strengthen menstrual hygiene measures in schools to prevent adverse…
22-05-2022Since 13 May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported to WHO from 12 Member States that are not endemic for monkeypox virus, across three WHO regions. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing, however, reported cases thus far have no established travel links to endemic areas. Based on currently available information, cases have mainly but not exclusively…
For further information, contact: 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 Press office WHO Regional Office for Europe Email: eupress@who.int Kyiv, 20 May 2022This week, WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge led a delegation…
Statement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe20 May 2022To date, at least eight countries in the WHO European Region – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – have reported cases of monkeypox in recent days. Outside of countries where monkeypox is known to be endemic,…
Luigi Ciesco came from a small village in southern Italy, growing up in real poverty, before meeting his wife-to-be Vincenza, and emigrating to the United Kingdom in the 1960s. A husband for 57 years, a father of 4 and a grandfather of 8, Luigi worked for the National Health Service in England. Twenty years ago…
Over the last week, monkeypox cases have been reported in the WHO European Region in several countries. Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that usually occurs in forested parts of central and west Africa, where the animal reservoir lives. Monkeypox is transmitted during close contact between individuals (via infected skin lesions, exhaled droplets or body…
“My dad was the definition of a gentleman. He was so gentle and loving, kind and compassionate.”Safiah Ngah’s father, Dr Zahari Ngah, was a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who moved from Malaysia to the United Kingdom in the 1970s to work in the National Health Service.“In his spare time, he would treat refugees and asylum…
Ben Ogden, a 24-year-old personal trainer and content creator, is trying to get people to talk about their mental health. He is doing it in a rather unconventional way: by standing in crowded train stations across the United Kingdom holding cardboard signs that read, for example, “If you’re struggling with your mental health, Lets Talk”.…