Report on e-cigarettes to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

22. Oktober 2014

The report on “Electronic nicotine delivery systems” (ENDS), of which electronic cigarettes are the most common prototype, was on the agenda of the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), held 13-18 October 2014, in Moscow. E-cigarettes and similar devices are […]

Principles of Public Health

22. Oktober 2014

Date Tba, California, USA Principles of Public Health introduces the major concepts of public health and the determinants of health status in communities. The course emphasizes the ecological model that focuses on the linkages and relationships among multiple natural and social determinants affecting health. As a relative concept, the health of […]

European Health Forum Gastein – the Final Programme

23. September 2014

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria We would like to share with you the Final Programme of the 17th EHFG conference. We are pleased to welcome among our speakers this year: – George Papandreou, former Prime Minister, Greece – Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner-designate for Health and Food Safety, European Commission – […]

Programme for Volunteer Community Health Workers

24. September 2014

20th October to 8th December 2014, free online course Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving […]

German network against Neglected Tropical Diseases

24. September 2014

Worldwide, more than one billion people are unable to work, blinded, disfigured, or handicapped by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs); many of them die. The most impoverished members of the population, above all women and children, are the most severely affected. Children do not attend school regularly, women and children cannot […]

Wiener Gesundheitsförderungskonferenz 2014

18. August 2014

15. September 2014, Wien, Österreich Seelische Gesundheit. Inspirationen für die Praxis der Gesundheitsförderung.  Internationale ReferentInnen regen neue Zugänge und Ansätze für die Arbeit in der Gesundheitsförderung an. Im Rahmen der Konferenz wird auch die feierliche Verleihung des Wiener Gesundheitspreises 2014 stattfinden. Es erwarten Sie interessante Einblicke in die Vielfalt der […]

17th European Health Forum Gastein – Online Programme

18. August 2014

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria Electing Health – the Europe we want ONLINE PROGRAMME We look forward to welcoming you to our event in the Gastein Valley in October and to sharing a few days of fruitful exchange and networking. If you haven’t registered yet you can do it […]

7th European Public Health Conference

10. Juni 2014

19th to 22nd November 2014,  Glasgow, Scotland Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care The European Public Health Conference Foundation, the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the UK Society for Social Medicine are pleased to invite you to the 7th European Public Health Conference. The EPH Conference aims to […]

EINEWELT – Unsere Verantwortung

20. August 2014

      24. August 2014, Deutschland Bun­des­mi­nis­ter Dr. Gerd Müller startet am Sonntag (24. August) eine Diskussions­reihe mit Bürgerinnen und Bürgern entlang des 11. Längen­grades über globale Zukunfts­fragen. Die Fach­dis­kus­sionen sind Teil des Dialogs über eine Zukunfts­charta, die Vor­schläge für die Ent­wick­lungs­ziele nach 2015 formuliert. Die Zukunfts­charta wird der Kanzlerin am […]

EHFG 2nd Programme Announcement

22. Juli 2014

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The EP elections, the elections for the President of the European Commission and the new College of Commissioners mark an important year for European politics in general and for health policy in Europe in particular. In order to meet visions of a social […]