European Health Forum Gastein 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The European Health Forum Gastein, held for the 17th time in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, brought together politicians, senior decision-makers, representatives of interest groups, and experts coming from government and administration, business and industry, civil society and science and academia to discuss public health […]

16th to 20th March 2015, Barcelona, Spain WHO/Europe is pleased to announce the 5th annual Barcelona Course on Health Financing, a week-long intensive course offered through its WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Strengthening. The deadline for receiving applications is 20 January 2015. Programme Addressing the theme of universal health […]

starts on 18th May 2015, 6 weeks, free online course Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition), this specialized […]

13th to 15th January 2015, London, UK With plenty of opportunity for networking and debate, this informal international meeting will bring you up to date with current research and thinking regarding enhancing performance, together with the application of treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports medicine. Who Should Attend […]

weekly courses until 2015, Würzburg, Germany First Level Training / Pre-deployment Training Aims The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to evolve in alarming ways. The most effective means to contain the outbreak involves setting up Ebola Treatment Centres and isolation units, and managing them according to international standards […]

Report from European Health Forum Gastein, 1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The EHFG 2014 deliberately grasped the opportunity offered by the changing political context – with a new European Parliament, a new European Commission a new urgency in the WHO European Region, at a time of international […]

online course, starting September 2015 Objectives – to understand how to evaluate the effects of medicines and therapeutic interventions both during drug development and clinical use. – to know the main methodological and ethical characteristics and limitations of randomized clinical trials. – to understand the differences between efficacy and effectiveness. […]

29th August 2015 to 02nd September 2015, London, U.K. The European Society of Cardiology presents the world’s largest and most influential cardiovascular event. We look forward to welcoming you to ESC Congress 2015 where we will bring the fight against cardiovascular disease to the vibrant city of London. Our vision for ESC Congress […]

1 December 2014 On World AIDS Day 2014, the World Health Organization will issue new recommendations to help countries close important gaps in HIV prevention and treatment services. The guidelines will include advice on providing antiretroviral drugs for people who have been exposed to HIV – such as health workers, […]

26th – 28th November 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal Today in Europe obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Its prevalence has tripled in many countries of the WHO European Region since the 1980s, and the numbers of those affected continue to rise at an […]