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One-year anniversary of the European Reference Networks for rare diseases

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A report by Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety: Elisa from Alessandria in Italy suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta. This rare genetic disease causes brittle bones and affects only one in 15 000 people. Elisa, aged 30, was diagnosed with the disease as a small child. “I couldn’t play like other children” she recalled, […]

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Intersectoral salt reduction initiatives in Republic of Moldova

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On 12–13 December 2017, a team of technical officers from WHO/Europe conducted a capacity-building workshop in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, on intersectoral planning on salt reduction. The workshop aimed to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of local public health practitioners to define priority interventions on salt reduction. According to the preliminary results of the National

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Understanding and addressing the mental health needs of adolescents

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To truly understand the needs of adolescents, it is vital to listen to adolescents themselves. This was a central feature on the agenda of the first ever inter-country meeting and international conference addressing the mental health and well-being of adolescents living in central Asia, which took place on 17–20 January in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The meeting

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TABLO conference

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The benefits of using the arts for patients with long term conditions is well documented. Now we would like to give you the opportunity to have access to a toolkit with more than 400 activities to help you bring the arts into your role. Whether you’re a carer, a patient, health professional or you just

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Good practices in the prevention and care of tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis (TB), and especially drug-resistant TB, is a public health challenge in both civilian and penitentiary sectors worldwide. The Global End TB Strategy envisages specific measures to be taken by WHO Member States globally to tackle the problem and address the challenge. The WHO Regional Office for Europe has developed the TB Action Plan for

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Low uptake of flu jab in Europe may jeopardise capacity to protect people in next pandemic

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Fewer than one third of older people are vaccinated in half the countries surveyed. Influenza vaccination coverage among high-risk groups has dropped in the European Region over the last seven years, and half the countries report a decrease in the number of vaccine doses available. These are the results of the first comprehensive overview of

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Universal income and health 

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NHS Scotland has published a briefing which examines the implications of universal income on health. It suggests a systematic review of the models used in previous universal income experiments and impacts is needed, as is further modelling of different programme designs. It stresses that assessments of different models should consider which populations have the greatest

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