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YouTube video by EuroHealthNet Brussels Sustainable Healthcare Facilities (Austria) - Climate, health equity, and the built environment

🏥 The health sector is responsible for around 4.6% of global emissions.

🔆 How can healthcare facilities improve built environments for healthy & sustainable care?

In Vienna, one hospital is making changes to patient & staff wellbeing: youtu.be/kWsVrDUH524

#BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy

🎨🌿 The session on social, green, and arts prescriptions for health starts at 17:30 CET at #EHFG2025! Register now to watch live and learn how community interventions strengthen social ties, well-being, and sustainable healthcare: bit.ly/4n1g7v1

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Social, green, and arts prescriptions for health

🖼️ Today at 1730 CET: #SocialPrescribing session at European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social #EHFG2025

What if your next prescription wasn’t a pill, but a painting class, a community garden, or a walking group?

Organised by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

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Social inequalities in health in the EU - EuroHealthNet EuroHealthNet-CHAIN report Social inequalities in health in the EU Are countries closing the health gap? Read summary report Read technical report […]

‼️ Today's new report makes for grim reading:

There has been no progress on social #inequalities in health in the past decade in the EU, according to @eurohealthnet.bsky.social and CHAIN Centre for Health Equity Analytics

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YouTube video by EuroHealthNet Brussels Heatwaves in Schools (Spain) - Climate, health equity, and the built environment

🌡 This summer, we saw record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather. Children are extremely vulnerable to #HeatWaves, so school buildings need to be healthy and climate-resilient.

🏫 We visited one school in Spain to learn how they are tackling the heat.

#BuildForHealth
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An urgent call for an EU Strategy on Climate and Health - EuroHealthNet The climate crisis demands swift action. An EU strategy to address the emerging public health risks is no longer an option; […]

🚨 Climate-resilient buildings are part of much-needed action to address the emerging public health risks from the #ClimateCrisis.

EuroHealthNet is calling for an #EUClimateHealthStrategy to promote climate justice & protect the most vulnerable: eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

This week is #BackToSchool!

Addressing climate change calls for climate-resilient buildings, including schools.

🏫In Alcorcón, Spain, teachers & students are working to mitigate impacts from heat waves for a sustainable & supportive school environment.

🎥 Watch and learn: youtu.be/qdY9_W1741k

Social, green, and arts prescriptions for health Session 4

🎨🌿 Explore how community interventions - arts, green& social - can boost well-being & ease pressure on healthcare systems.

At #EHFG2025, the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being & @eurohealthnet.bsky.social will share strategies & success stories. bit.ly/3USOB77

EuroHealthNet’s vision for improving cardiovascular health for all - EuroHealthNet Contribution to the European Commission’s Cardiovascular Health Plan Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as ischaemic heart disease and stroke, remain the leading […]

Cardiovascular diseases—e.g. heart disease & stroke—are responsible for 1 in 3 deaths in the EU.

We welcome the European Commission's initiative for a strong Cardiovascular Health Plan, and we're ready to contribute to its success.

Read our vision➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

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Father and son walking on a beach. Title: Policy Brief

🏖 With hotter summers, more people visit the coast to cool off. But climate change and pollution create a range of health risks.

The #BlueAdaptEU One Health Framework can guide policymakers on protecting human health and ecosystems.

👓 Read now! lnkd.in/eYduira8

"Silenced by snobbery”: from facing eviction to influencing government policy, one person’s fight to expose structural inequality Dominic juggles life as a single dad, community researcher, and author. He has faced eviction, food insecurity, and... Read More

"Silenced by snobbery”: from facing eviction to influencing government policy, one person’s fight to expose structural inequality

Inspirational story of community action on #HealthInequalities #SocialInequalities #SocialJustice

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The next EU long-term budget (#MFF 2027-2034) offers a historic opportunity to reframe public health and equity not as costs, but as an investment in Europe's future.

Check out our recommendations for a bold strategy that integrates health and wellbeing across all EU policies.

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Governance - EuroHealthNet

🎉 Congrats to our #Health & #HealthSystems programme leader, Prof. Marc Suhrcke, on his election to the Executive Board of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

💚We're proud to see his expertise contribute to shaping strategies that improve the #wellbeing for all in Europe.

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Are you our new colleague?

We’re looking for a Policy Officer to join our Brussels team and support our core policy and advocacy work.

Does this sound like you or someone you know? Apply by 18 July.

More details: eurohealthnet.eu/vacancies/po...

#Vacancy #Policy #EU #Brussels #PublicHealth

❗Join us today at 14:00 CEST online for the EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change and health.

📅11 June 2025
🕘14:00–17:30 CEST
💻 Tune in on Webex: kurzlinks.de/61qj

#EuroHealthNetSeminar #HealthEquity #ClimateAction #PublicHealth

“In the face of the triple planetary crises, hope lies in humanity’s creative capacity” Examine the intersection of climate change, health, and the economy, and why a wellbeing economy is needed for future sustainability.

With GDP failing to reflect social and environmental wellbeing, we need to build a model that prioritises people and the planet 🌍

Read the article written by @antoine-oger.bsky.social with the #GreenEuropeanFoundation for @eurohealthnet.bsky.social 👇

"In a #WellbeingEconomy, economic growth is not a goal in itself but rather a way to increase the wellbeing of people and the planet" - Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social, Director of EurohealthNet

It’s out! 🎉Edition #25 of #EuroHealthNet #Magazine is here, and this time, we're asking: what if we measured what really mattered?

🔗 Check out this special edition on a #wellbeingeconomy, available online now: eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

#publichealth #HealthEquity #climatechange #Europe #EU

Time for a wellbeing economy, as Finnish economist urges EU to rethink growth and inequality Explore the impact of the economy on social and health inequalities as revealed by Otto Kyyrönen's insights.

Thank you @eurohealthnet.bsky.social for publishing my piece in your magazine! Below is a summary:

Finland’s experience illustrates the dire consequences that the European Commission’s new fiscal framework can have in terms of both economic performance and social and health equity. 1/3

PSLifestyle project branding in yellow and black, with a photo of people walking in a park. How can policymakers support people to live more sustainable? Food Housing Purchases Transport

Every day our actions impact the planet: so how can we make sustainable choices available to all?

The #PSLifestyle policy briefs are designed with people in mind to help us make better & healthier choices on:
🛒 Food
🏘 Housing
💻 Purchases
🚗 Transport

Read more: pslifestyle.eu/policy-briefs

Webinar: Comprehensive approaches to address the root causes of health inequalities at the local level - EuroHealthNet EuroHealthNet and EUPHA are organising a workshop as part of this year’s European Public Health Week  (12-16 May), which has as […]

This week's European Public Health Week. What events will you attend?

This Thursday at 10, join us for a webinar on the monitoring, design, implementation, and evaluation of local-level action on the root causes of health inequalities.

Info and registration➡️
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#EUPHW

🌡️2024 was the warmest year on record. To explore how we can take action, join our Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change & health.

We'll present the health impacts of climate change, highlight the costs of inaction, and discuss key policies.

📅 11 June 2025
🔗 Register: eurohealthnet.eu//annual-semi...

Introducing: our wonderful colleagues from the Schools4Health consortium.

Implementing best practice interventions for #healthynutrition, #physicalactivity, #mentalhealth in schools in Spain, Romania, Latvia, Hungary, Greece, Slovenia.

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New MEP Interest Group launched to drive action on health inequalities, prevention, and risk factors - EuroHealthNet Public health champions gathered on Tuesday, 18 February, to discuss how to keep the focus on health promotion and disease prevention […]

New European Parliament interest group on health inequalities, prevention & risk factors launched, led by MEPs & supported by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social , #Eurocare & @ eupha.bsky.social. Keeping prevention & health equity at the heart of #EU #policymaking.

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Image of fridge displayed in a billboard on a train platform with the text 'it's time to put health over profit.' The subline 'exploring the impact of the commercial determinants on our health' is displayed underneath. The EuroHealthNet logo is placed in the top left-hand corner of the image.

The conversation around industry's influence on our #health is growing. Our latest magazine explores how #industry forces shape our life choices and impact #wellbeing.

How can health professionals challenge industry’s influence?
Can an #WellbeingEconomy create change?

🔗 eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

Regulate ultra-processed food to save lives and improve health - EuroHealthNet The EU must put health back in agriculture and food policies Ahead of the European Commission publication of the EU Vision […]

Thank you very much for sharing, Kelly. We're glad to see you find these policy measures inspiring!

For everyone interested, you'll find the full publication and more detailed policy recommendations on our website: eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

Regulate ultra-processed food to save lives and improve health - EuroHealthNet The EU must put health back in agriculture and food policies Ahead of the European Commission publication of the EU Vision […]

The evidence is clear. #UltraProcessedFood is making us sick. Rich in salt, sugar & fats, it leads to obesity & cancer, and the #EU can no longer afford not to address them.

Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively.
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