The European Commission has commissioned a study: Recruitment and Retention of the Health Workforce which aims to identify and analyse effective strategies for recruiting and retaining health professionals. The study recognises recruitment and retention of health workers as an immediate and urgent problem which needs to be addressed by policy-makers, healthcare managers and healthcare workers. […]
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In the European Region there is no greater threat to the lives of children aged 5–17 years than a road traffic crash. The likelihood of death from road traffic injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries is almost twice as high as among those in high-income countries. Children are vulnerable as road users, whether
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There is a feeling amongst small bio-tech companies that their skills are being overlooked in the initiatives being developed to confront the problem of drug-resistant bacteria. An alliance of 37 such companies across Europe have pledged to accelerate progress in dealing with this threat by bringing together expertise in the design and development of new
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Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of US$31 billion for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. WHO is calling on Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which, once fully implemented
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Council of Europe, along with 8 other partners are supporting the ‘ACCORD’ project which has involved 23 European countries. “Achieving Comprehensive Coordination in Organ Donation throughout the European Union” is a Joint Action coordinated by the Spanish National Transplant Organisation and aims to narrow the inequalities in organ donation by: Enhancing
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A single, integrated health information system for the entire European Region is the aim of this European Health Information Initiative (EHII) which brings together representatives from the European Region, WHO collaborating centres (Moscow and Manchester), the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and The Wellcome Trust. EHII believes this integrated system can
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With food fraud, the violations are mostly related to non-compliance with labelling rules, falsified certification and/or documents and ingredient substitutions. These are the main conclusions of the Food Fraud Network Activity Report, which follows up on 60 cases notified through the Network in 2014. The Commission will be equipping the Network with a dedicated IT tool
EU member states granted protection to more than 185,000 asylum seekers in 2014, an increase of almost 50{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} compared with 2013. Since 2008, more than 750,000 asylum seekers have been granted protection status in the EU. To download the publication, click here on http://ec.europa.eu
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This CD contains all the 2014 opinions and memoranda of the European Commission’s Scientific Committees on Consumer Safety, Health and Environmental Risks and Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks. For more information about the CD, click here on http://ec.europa.eu
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The commission has adopted a more flexible approach towards the use of GMOs in order to give member states the freedom to decide on their use in their territory, whilst maintaining an EU authorisation system. If member states decide to opt out from allowing a particular GMO to be used in their food chain, they will
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