This chapter reviews the health and welfare impacts of air pollution in Europe. Although air pollution has decreased in most European countries over the past two decades, itremains above WHO guidelines in most countries, particularly in some large Central and Eastern European cities. This has serious consequences on people’s health […]

4th February 2021, worldwide. World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Our story and the progress By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action, we’re working together to reimagine a world where […]

This contribution provides an initial assessment of the impact of COVID‑19 and theresilience of European health systems to the pandemic, bearing in mind that thepandemic is ongoing and so any definitive assessment would be premature. Since late 2019, the COVID‑19 outbreak has spread to become the most serious pandemic in […]

Bewerbungsschluss: 23. Oktober 2020. 2020 ist ein Jahr, das eine schier endlose Palette an Herausforderungen für unsere Gesellschaft, unsere Wirtschaft, und nicht zuletzt unsere Gesundheit und Gesundheitssysteme bereithielt und -hält. Aus diesem Grund sucht das European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), gemeinsam mit dem Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, jetzt Vordenkerinnen […]

16th of October 2020, all UN member states. After decades of steady decline, world hunger has slowly been on the rise since 2015. An estimated 821 million people in the world suffered from hunger in 2018. If nothing changes, the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger Target by 2030 […]

30th September to 3rd October 2020, online conference. The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is pleased to share the conference programme of the EHFG 2020 and extend a warm invitation to register for this year’s digital conference taking place from 30 September to 2 October 2020. The EHFG 2020 will be held under […]

21st September 2020, worldwide. What is dementia? The word ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. These changes are often small to start with, but for someone with dementia they have become severe enough to affect daily life. A […]

The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is pleased to share with you the Programme of the EHFG 2020 and extend a warm invitation to register for this year’s digital conference taking place from 30 September to 2 October 2020.  Registration is open, you can find more information, including  registration fees, on the EHFG website. The EHFG 2020 will […]

12th September 2020, worldwide. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) introduced World First Aid Day in 2000. Each year, more than 100 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world organise events and ceremonies on the second Saturday of September to raise public awareness of […]

The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) webinar series “Gastein goes online: Policy debates during the pandemic” has been created to keep the Gastein-dialogue going during the COVID-19 crisis. Throughout the series the EHFG will address burning questions from the perspective of the EHFG’s four pillars, the public and private sector, […]