The expert group on health systems performance assessment (HSPA) provides participating countries with a forum to exchange experiences on the use of HSPA at a national level. It also supports national policy-makers by identifying tools and methodologies for developing HSPA. It is composed of European countries’ health authorities as well as international organisations and has
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The latest issue of the Eurohealth Observer, which is produced by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, includes a range of articles on nursing. These cover the changing role of nursing, the state of nursing in the European Union, nurse migration, EU accession and nursing, and whether there should be an EU framework
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The new WHO European Health Information Gateway is now available to the public, providing curated, reliable health data and information presented in formats that are easy to understand and compare and that are easy to extract. This mine of health information features an interactive section, currently including data sets and country profiles from the Health
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A number of EU initiatives and legislation underline the importance of regularly updating and improving the skills of health professionals through “Continuous Professional Development (CPD)” to improve quality of care and patient safety. Member States have however very diverse legislations and practices in the field. The expert group on European health workforce, with the European
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The Slovenian Health Ministry is proposing to tighten restrictions on tobacco products, in line with new EU rules, and also to introduce new levies to finance smoking prevention. This bill would reflect the new EU tobacco products directive and measures imposed by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The draft bill, the first overhaul
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Over 142 000 new HIV infections were diagnosed in the WHO European Region in 2015, the highest number ever. The HIV epidemic is driven by cases in the eastern part of the Region, where the number of new diagnoses has more than doubled during the past decade. Over 13 million people in the Region are
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Thirty-two countries in the European Region have interrupted transmission of endemic measles and/or rubella, according to the conclusions of the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC), released inApril 2016. The independent RVC assesses Member States’ progress towards elimination of measles and rubella by reviewing epidemiological and laboratory surveillance data submitted by
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The Joint Action to support the eHealth Network (JAseHN) was launched in 2015 and is now in the process of setting up a cross-border network to exchange Patient Summaries and ePrescriptions, by focusing on the following objectives: enable seamless cross-border care and secure access to patient health information between European healthcare systems, particularly with respect
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A new publication from the OECD reviews key trends and new policy priorities in relation to the health workforce in OECD countries following the economic crisis. To read the report “Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries” subtitled “Right Jobs, Right Skills, Right Places” from the keepeek.com website
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The use of social and other digital media – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, text messages, video and websites – for health messaging is growing rapidly in the WHO European Region. All 19 of the non-EU countries that participated in the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) in 2015 used digital media to raise awareness about antibiotic
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