09th September 2021, online. The conference is co-organised by the European Commission, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health Care and Consumer Protection and the European Health Forum Gastein and will be streamed online with live panel discussions hosted at the House of the European Union in Vienna. Save […]

17th to 21st May, 2021, online. The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) aims to: Make the case for public health and a more inclusive society across Europe Raise awareness and amplify existing messages on five specific public health themes, in line with key organisations at European level Create trust and innovative ways […]

29th June to 1st July 2021, online. Heart Failure 2021 online and on demand is the annual congress of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. It is the world’s leading congress for experts in cardiology to discuss strategies for a universal approach towards the prevention and treatment of heart […]

This chapter describes the health status of EU citizens, including trends in life expectancy, the main causes of death, health inequalities, the occurrence of communicable and chronic diseases, and mental health issues. It shows modifiable risk factors to health, including smoking, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, unhealthy nutrition, lack of physical […]

3rd to 4th December 2019, Helsinki, Finland.  The conference focuses on how the environment and climate change affect human health and how human behaviour affects the health of the Earth. Decisions and actions are needed now: global warming and biodiversity loss are proceeding faster than anticipated a decade ago. Solutions […]

8th to 31st January 2020, Amsterdam and Driebergen, the Netherlands.  In 2020, EpidM organizes the Winter Courses in Epidemiology for the eighth time. From 8 to 31 January 2020 EpidM offers a very interesting program with six different courses. This year we present two new courses: Lifestyle Epidemiology and Item Response […]

3rd December 2019, Brussels, Belgium. The economy of wellbeing is one of the umbrella themes for the health and social sector during the Finnish Presidency. The event focuses on enhancing a structured cooperation across member states to generate evidence for policy making that will support European health and social care […]

by Hatice Soysal. As part of our studies at the Medical University of Vienna, we are doing clinical electives for 12 months in our final year of medical school. It is up to you, whether you want to do these abroad or at home. How awesome is this, that you can […]

by Heather Phillips. I am a nurse from California, United States. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to nursing school in San Diego. I always knew that I wanted to live and work abroad for a period of my young adulthood. I chose to work in the UK […]