This European initiative wanted to promote healthy lifestyles and took a fun and upbeat approach to healthy eating, focusing on 6 messages: Enjoy shopping for a healthy meal Enjoy cooking Enjoy eating together Enjoy drinking water Enjoy colourful fruits and vegetables Enjoy physical exercise Although aimed at the general public, the project was targeted to
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People born in eastern Europe are almost five times more likely to die young due to a heart attack or stroke than those born in western Europe. Since 2000, this disparity in risk of premature death has significantly increased from a fourfold difference at the beginning of the century to the current nearly fivefold difference.
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With HIV infection diagnosed in over 142,000 people in 2014, the WHO European Region recorded the highest number of newly diagnosed infections in 1 year since the start of reporting in the 1980s. The most recent data indicates that the growth of the HIV epidemic is driven by the eastern part of the Region, where
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Although the WHO European Region has the lowest estimated burden of foodborne diseases globally, the report “Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases” indicates that more than 23 million people in the Region fall ill from eating contaminated food annually, resulting in 5000 deaths. Diarrhoeal diseases account for the majority of foodborne illnesses in
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At the end of 2015, the EU implemented a decision to improve preparedness across the EU and strengthen the capacity for coordinated responses to health emergencies. This will improve health security in the EU and will help member states prepare for cross-border threates caused by communicable diseases, chemical, biological or environmental events. The Decision has
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The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Finding policies that can make health spending more sustainable without compromising access and quality requires effective co-operation between health and finance ministries. Prepared by both public finance and health experts, this
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According to this report, pharmaceutical spending reached around USD 800 billion across OECD countries in 2013, which is about 20{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of total health spending on average. It also believes that health care is improving too slowly to meet the rising strains of chronic diseases. Through the most recent comparable data on the performance of health
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Although HIV is preventable through effective public health measures, significant HIV transmission continues in Europe. In 2014, almost 30 000 people were diagnosed in the European Union and European Economic Area Member States; a rate of 6.4 cases in every 100 000 people. This report, prepared jointly with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, presents data
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The World Health Assembly recently adopted a global target for all countries to renew their efforts to halt the rise of obesity in children under 5 by 2025. The Commission’s recommendations to address childhood obesity cover six areas: promotion of intake of healthy foods; promotion of physical activity; preconception and pregnancy care; early childhood diet and
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Cancer incidence is rising in the WHO European Region – the total number of new cancer cases diagnosed in 2012 was 3.7 million, and the number is estimated to increase by 25{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} by 2030, to reach 4.6 million. WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has issued a new edition of a code of
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