Public Health Panorama, WHO/Europe’s public health journal, has dedicated its latest issue to obesity and unhealthy diets in the Region. With unhealthy diets now responsible for 1 in 5 deaths globally, and with the Region at the midway point of implementing the European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015–2020, this special issue is a timely […]
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WHO/Europe has launched a newly developed online course that aims to equip clinicians with the information they need to prescribe antibiotics appropriately and wisely. This free course, titled “Antimicrobial stewardship: A competency-based approach”, is available via the OpenWHO platform. While enrolment is open to anyone, the course is particularly relevant for clinicians who frequently prescribe
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Public Health Panorama is a peer-reviewed, bilingual (English–Russian), open access journal published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It aims to disseminate good practices and new insights in public health from the 53 Member States in the Region. The mission of Public Health Panorama is to contribute to improving health in the Region by
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A survey that included 32 countries in Europe in 2015 found that more than two thirds had extended the official scopes of practice of nurses in primary care. Ireland is one of those countries. As of April 2016, a total of 894 nurses and midwives in the country were registered to prescribe medicinal products. This
On 11 February emergency services across Europe, grassroots and non-governmental organisations hold events to raise awareness about the EU’s emergency number 112. People in the EU can call 112 from fixed and mobile phones to contact any emergency service: an ambulance, the fire brigade or the police. Specially trained operators – who in many countries also
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Regulatory guidance for pharmaceutical companies to prepare for UK’s withdrawal from EU: The European Medicines Agency and the European Commission have published additional guidance to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Companies are reminded to plan in advance for the situation that the United Kingdom will leave the
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A notice to stakeholders concerning the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU and EU rules in the field of substances of human origin (blood, tissues and cells, and organs). In view of the considerable uncertainties, in particular concerning the content of a possible withdrawal agreement, health establishments, stakeholders and organisations subject to the
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WHO has published a new study that investigates why manufacturers and other supply chain actors use sugar in foods and why they use it in such large amounts. The publication “Incentives and disincentives for reducing sugar in manufactured foods: an exploratory supply chain analysis” concludes that a comprehensive approach encompassing the entire food system is
UNICEF urges immediate action to reduce air pollution amid emerging evidence on how toxic air can affect brain development in young children Almost 17 million babies under the age of one live in areas where air pollution is at least six times higher than international limits, causing them to breathe toxic air and potentially putting
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Measures that EU countries and economic operators need to enact to put in place the EU-wide tracking and tracing system planned for under the Tobacco Products Directive (articles 15 and 16) have been clarified in secondary legislation adopted by the Commission today. Welcoming the adoption of the legal acts, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis reminded that
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