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 […]

As we continue to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and begin charting a recovery course, we can, and must, do better – now and in the future. This crisis calls for “more Europe” – a greater role for the European Union (EU) in health, a renewed concentration on our shared core […]

by appointment, online. Are you curious about what the UN is doing to make a better world? Would you like to find out more about how the UN made its home in Vienna, one of the four global UN headquarters? Are you an engaged citizen wondering how we can achieve […]

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, it remains above WHO guidelines in most countries, particularly in some large Central and Eastern European cities. This has serious consequences on people’s […]

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 […]

Das European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, freute sich, am 14. Dezember die Gewinner des diesjährigen Austrian Health Leadership Award im Rahmen einer online Preisverleihung bekanntzugeben. In diesem Jahr richtete sich die Ausschreibung des Austrian Health Leadership Awards an non-profit […]

by Bianca Cucos. Each year, the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) provides a key platform to discuss health and societal well-being in Europe and beyond, bringing together experts, stakeholders and key decision-makers from the public and private sector, civil society and science and academia. On the occasion of the 24th EHFG, the […]

by Olivia Biermann. Worldwide, 30 countries account for almost 90% of the global tuberculosis burden. Ending tuberculosis (TB) will require early detection of people with TB, and active case-finding is one strategy for doing so. In this new study, researchers at the Department of Global Public Health shed light on […]

1st December 2020, worldwide. World AIDS Day takes place on 1st December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World […]

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 […]