The European Forum Alpbach and the Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna present the Summer School “European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition”, which will take place in Alpbach/Austria from 18 to 25 August, 2011. The Summer School will take place as part of the “European […]
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Euractiv.com reports that Indian pharmaceutical industry representatives and NGOs have voiced opposition to an imminent EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) which they claim would limit the emerging nation’s ability to produce generic drugs. Opposition focused on an EU request for a ‘data exclusivity’ clause which opponents claim would prevent India from producing cheap generics. Speaking […]
The Development Policy Forum (DPF) of the Brussels based Friends of Europe think tank together with the EU-wide policy journal Europe’s World has launched a special publication devoted to the subject of the global health policy in the EU. Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Chair of the Global Health Europe Task Force, was asked to contribute to […]
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark On 25 and 26 November 2010, government officials from across the European Region were brought together in Oslo, Norway at the UNDESA/WHO Regional High-level Consultation in the European Region on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases to discuss and provide input to the preparations for the 2011 […]
The newest Global Health Europe Issue Brief provides a concise background on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Authors Wernli, Haustein, and Harbarth, of the University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, unpack the issue of AMR explaining what it is, how it spreads, and what the European region has been doing to address this challenge. AMR […]
Health diplomacy for the 21st century News coverage of last week’s meeting of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) missed the new sense of purpose and willingness of member states to address politically complex issues head-on and work towards acceptable compromises in the interest of global health. This was exemplified in the […]
The joy of stats: Hans Rosling works his magic in real space 01 February 2011 Another excellent demonstration of our new reality from Hans Rosling. 200 countries over 200 years in 4 minutes. From the BBC Four programme The Joy of Stats. UN Debate Global Health and Foreign Policy On 10 December the Assembly held […]
A Lancet Commission recently presented a report on the education of health professionals in the future. Of the 20 members of the Commission only one is from Europe. This may reflect the limited contributions of Europe in previous reforms of professional training. Further development of education is now necessary in view of new challenges to […]
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UN Debate Global Health and Foreign Policy
On 10 December the Assembly held a debate on “global health and foreign policy”, adopting a consensus resolution on that issue, by which it underscored that global health was a long-term objective — local, national, regional and international in scope — that required sustained commitment and closer international cooperation beyond emergency. It welcomed the coordinated […]
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Global health knowledge production
For the ordinary citizen, health is a major concern. This is true in countries at all different income levels. Obviously, society at large sets many of the conditions for maintaining health, with an increasingly complex background. In Europe values of equity, solidarity and access to quality health-care are important components of this back-ground. Europe, being […]