Health In Europe

Marking two years of COVID-19

Earlier this week marked two years since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the WHO European Region. In this episode we speak with a frontline healthcare worker, the importance of vaccination and find out what it was like to coordinate the emergency response in the Region.Show notes:Laura Lupi, COVID-19 nurse: together, we can beat this virus [https://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/italy/news/news/2020/4/laura-lupi,-covid-19-nurse-together,-we-can-beat-this-virus]Two years of COVID-19: What it takes to run an emergency response across 53 countries [https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/pages/news/news/2022/01/two-years-of-covid-19-what-it-takes-to-run-an-emergency-response-across-53-countries]Living with COVID-19 – 2 years on [https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2022/01/living-with-covid-19-2-years-on]The Omicron variant: sorting fact from myth [https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/pages/news/news/2022/01/the-omicron-variant-sorting-fact-from-myth]Celebrating the CSO Initiative: building community readiness, response and resilience to emergencies [https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/pages/news/news/2022/01/celebrating-the-cso-initiative-building-community-readiness,-response-and-resilience-to-emergencies]

The Economics of Ageing

Population ageing is often seen as bad for the economy and unsustainable for health systems. But is this really the case? Debora Miranda, Communications Officer at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies speaks about a new webinar series focusing on the economics of ageing. And in part two - WHO’s European Office for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) look at big data and its potential impact on the future of NCD diagnosis and treatment.Find out more about the Economics of Ageing webinar series and sign up for the next sessions: https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/observatoryweeklywebinars_new?pastpage=1Read about big data and the new NCDs dashboard: https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Life-stages/pages/news/news/2022/01/noncommunicable-diseases-in-53-countries-whoeurope-presents-new-visual-data-tool/

What’s the latest on Omicron?

In this episode we speak with Dr Catherine Smallwood, WHO/Europe’s COVID-19 incident manager, to get the latest on the Omicron variant which continues to cause record cases across the Region. And WHO’s European Office for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases explore how we can stay healthy in the metaverse.Watch the full COVID-19 briefing on the WHO/Europe YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DilcsteUr88Want to know more about staying healthy in the metaverse? Check out this article on the WHO/Europe website: https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Life-stages/pages/news/news/2022/01/healthy-metaverse-how-can-we-promote-health-online/

#Digital4NCD: Digital solutions for health

The first episode in a mini-series of podcasts created for the Digital Solutions for Noncommunicable Diseases Conference in Moscow discusses how digital solutions can help us stay healthy and improve our health.

Ensuring the health and well-being of people in prison

In this episode we hear from health workers and NGOs about what steps can be taken to provide healthcare to people in prison, leaving no-one behind in health

The voices of health workers

In this episode, we speak with three young health care workers from across the Region about the challenges they’ve faced during COVID-19 and their hopes for their future, providing care to communities in need.

Building fairer, healthier societies: part two

In this episode, we speak with representatives of health authorities in Slovenia and with "Nobody Left Outside" - a collective of organizations representing some of the most marginalized groups - about the importance of health equity, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Building fairer, healthier societies part one: an interview with Public Health Wales

In this episode we speak with Dr Tracey Cooper, Chief Executive of Public Health Wales and Christine Brown of WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development about the need to place health equity at the centre of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Flutopia: Part Three

In this third and final episode, we’re building flutopia – exploring different ways that health authorities work to increase flu vaccination rates among populations.

Flutopia: Part Two

In part one of flutopia, we explored why the annual flu vaccine is so important. In the second episode of this three-part series we speak with Dr Richard Pebody about how flu vaccines are made.