Health In Europe

#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.

Flutopia: Part One

Each year people are encouraged to get a flu vaccine to protect them from seasonal influenza. But why do we need a flu vaccine? Find out in the first episode of our three-part series ‘Flutopia’

Migrant health: working to leave no-one behind

In this episode, we speak with Dr Alex Schneider of Life4me+, a charity that worked with WHO to ensure access to healthcare and treatment among migrant workers living with HIV who suddenly found themselves unable to travel due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode explores the multiple barriers migrants face when accessing healthcare and the long-term impacts these can have.

Schooling during COVID-19

The education of children and young people around the world has been deeply affected by COVID-19. The closing of schools in response to the pandemic highlighted a number of  existing inequalities as well as putting a mental strain on many. In this episode we speak with Emilia, Frida and Malika – youth advisers to the technical advisory group on schooling during COVID-19 - about a survey they conducted among young people around the Region, highlighting the concerns of young people at this time.