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Health

Addressing technical gaps and fostering leadership on environment and health: the WHO Bonn School

This November has seen the second edition of the Bonn School on Environment and Health, focused on creating transformative public health leadership in the WHO European Region and at country…

7 December 2021 · 3 min read

Health

Surprising trends in rates of overweight and obesity across the Region

New analysis from WHO/Europe identifies surprising trends in rates of overweight and obesity across the Region An analysis has identified that in some countries of the WHO European Region, rates…

7 December 2021 · 3 min read

Europe

Update on COVID-19: We need to shift from reaction to stabilization mode in this crisis

Statement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe 7 December 2021 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, Last month, we alerted that a further half a…

7 December 2021 · 5 min read

Europe

What you need to know about the new Omicron COVID-19 variant

On 26 November, WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) designated the B.1.1.529 variant, first reported by South Africa 2 days earlier, as a variant of concern, named…

3 December 2021 · 8 min read

Europe

Greece: civil society reduces barriers to health and education for young people with disabilities during the pandemic

Together for Children, a network of Greek civil society organizations (CSOs) that supports people with disabilities, has been helping students with intellectual disabilities who are self-isolating, to get online to…

3 December 2021 · 3 min read

In Chile, everything for lithium, at the expense of the environment

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In Chile, everything for lithium, at the expense of the environment

After solar radiation, the yellowish liquid contains lithium. © Marion Esnault/Reporterre Animals, plants, water… In Chile, life is disappearing as a result of lithium mining. One man, from an indigenous people,…

28 November 2021 · 7 min read

Europe

Women and children experienced higher rates of violence in pandemic’s first months

A new report published by WHO/Europe shows that helplines providing support to women and children experiencing violence saw a spike in calls during the first 9 months of the COVID-19…

26 November 2021 · 3 min read

Vatican: Assisted suicide not an answer to suffering

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News

Vatican: Assisted suicide not an answer to suffering

The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life has commented on what will be Italy’s first legal "medically-assisted suicide" case. Mario” is the pseudonym of a tetraplegic man who has been paralyzed…

24 November 2021 · 3 min read

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Europol: Global operation against the dark web

Dark web: some 150 people arrested in a global sweep. Europol says that actions were carried out "in Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and…

27 October 2021 · 2 min read

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Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, suspected of corruption, has resigned

An investigation has been opened for corruption and breach of trust. The one who had become in late 2017 the youngest elected leader on the planet is swept up in…

10 October 2021 · 2 min read