We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.
The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ...
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
The pressure of becoming a parent can be quite daunting and having a brand-new little bundle of joy can take a toll on physical heath, making parent and child exercise vital. Having a child can very quickly take up almost all of your time, energy and love. It’s completely understandable that exercising, amongst other things, […]
Parent and child exercise: the importance of exercising as a new parent Read More »
According to research, medical mistrust is a significant barrier to blood donation among minorities therefore better community education and communication is critical. Researchers at Georgia State University and Georgia Southern University, USA, conducted the first systematic literature review of research on barriers and facilitators regarding blood donations among minorities. Nursing associate Professor Regena Spratling in the Byrdine
It’s critical to encourage blood donation among minorities, according to research Read More »
Companies producing food, medicine, cosmetics and plastic across Europe are breaking EU legislation not completing important safety checks when using millions of tonnes of chemicals in production, an analysis has found. This has been going on for years but was only recently discovered thanks to German government files, which environmental group BUND obtained. The companies failed to
Hundreds of brands across EU ‘breaking’ bloc’s chemical safety rule Read More »
A “wake up call” among people aged 15-49 years old is urgently needed with a million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur every day across the world, says the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a new report released by the health agency, 127 million new cases of chlamydia were recorded and 87 million cases
Every minute, 44 people – more than 23 million per year – fall sick from eating contaminated food, and an estimated 4700 per year lose their lives. This is according to a review of the most recent available data entitled “The burden of foodborne diseases in the WHO European Region”, and it represents only the
Our Interreg 2Seas CASCADE project is up for an EU RegioStars Award under the category “Modernising health systems”. To avoid overwhelming health systems and to encourage a more inclusive society, new financially sustainable and widely applicable approaches are needed for dementia care. The CASCADE model promotes a strengths-based approach to holistic person-centred dementia care to
RegioStars Award: CASCADE Read More »
The cheaper the price of tobacco, the higher the percentage of people that smoke finds the latest Eurostat data. The report looked at the price of a 20 pack of Marlboro cigarettes in every European country and cross-referenced these figures with the percentage of people who smoke in that country. Turkey and Bulgaria, where tobacco
World No Tobacco Day: The price of tobacco is linked to proportion of smokers Read More »
In May the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) travelled to London to discuss what the world of health research will look like 10 years from now. The event showcased a recently published report Research Futures, which looked at how research will be created and exchanged in a decade’s time, and started setting the scene for the main
Alice Chapman-Hatchett: The future of health research in Europe—three visions for 2029 Read More »
The 29th of May was World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019, so Health Europa wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the growing contribution to research and global action on menstrual health, saying: “It’s about time we mitigate gender-health related disparities across the world – and research by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), led by
Let’s talk about World Menstrual Hygiene Day Read More »
The 72nd annual World Health Assembly ended on the 28th of May in Geneva. Over 9 days, Member States adopted a new global strategy on health, environment and climate change and committed to invest in safe water, sanitation and hygiene services in health facilities. Countries adopted a landmark agreement to enhance the transparency of pricing for medicines,
WHA 72: achievements, commitment, accountability Read More »
